José Gutiérrez & Los Hermanos Ochoa perform "La Bamba" from their 2003 album La Bamba: Sones Jarochos from Veracruz, out on Smithsonian Folkways. This video was recorded during the 2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Son jarocho is the traditional rural music of Veracruz in the Gulf region of Mexico. The son includes coplas or stanzas sung by a "caller" who is accompanied by the hard-driving rhythms of musicians playing unique regional guitars and harp. Jarocho describes the people and culture of southern Veracruz. "La Bamba" is among the best known jarocho songs inside and outside Mexico. The version performed here by José Gutiérrez and Los Hermanos Ochoa showcases a lively harp solo by virtuoso Felipe Ochoa and the rhythmic plucking of the requinto jarocho guitar.