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Corridos of the Chicano Movement

Rumel Fuentes
Corridos of the Chicano Movement In Mexican folk music, the corrido is a story told in song in the form of a ballad . The songs are often about oppression, history, daily life for peasants, and other socially relevant topics. During the Chicano movement in Texas and the Southwest (1960s–70s), Rumel Fuentes (1943–1986) began to write corridos about the movement as a way to expose the many injustices imposed on Mexican Americans. This collection, recorded in 1972 with “Mexico-Americano” (track 13) recorded in 1975, was not released until 2009, some 23 years after Fuentes’ untimely death.

Track Listing

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101
Rumel Fuentes
02:36
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102
Rumel Fuentes
02:03
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103
Rumel Fuentes
02:33
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104
Rumel Fuentes
02:47
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105
Rumel Fuentes
02:30
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106
Rumel Fuentes
02:31
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107
Rumel Fuentes
02:32
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108
Rumel Fuentes
02:32
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109
Rumel Fuentes
03:03
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110
Rumel Fuentes
03:29
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111
Rumel Fuentes
02:58
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112
Rumel Fuentes
03:35
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113
Rumel Fuentes
02:55