Tierra Caliente

The harshness and rough edges of life in the Tierra Caliente of Mexico, a region of the interior highlands of Guerrero, Michoacan and Mexico state, have over the years forged a generation of some of Mexico´s most evocative and poetic musicians. The faces, music, loves and lives of some of these have been captured on a documentary titled Tierra Caliente produced and directed by Francisco Vargas Quevedo. The film features calentano musicians don Angel Tavira, Juan

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Music of Tierra Caliente

Mexico’s Tierra Caliente region in Guerrero, Michoacan and Mexico state is the cradle of Calentano Music, a lively melding of music, poetry and dance to the strains of violins, guitars and drums.

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Music of Mexico, Latin America and Spain

Discover salsa, cumbias, flamenco, jibaro, mariachi music, samba, rumba & cha-cha-cha.  Short descriptions of the genres and examples of some of the major composers and interpreters of each.

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