Corridos use familiar sounds to define sentiment

We at NDN know the value of the corrido. We used this culturally rich and powerful medium in our song "How Little They Know Us", which was played in 2006 during the immigration debate under our Demócratas Unidos media campaign.

Today's New York Times reinforces the corrido's effectiveness by showing how, recently, they are serving as an outlet for those frustrated with the tone of the immigration debate. From the article:

While watching the immigration marches that day, Mr. Garcia said he felt compelled to put “our story” to music, scratching out the words over several weeks, right up to the day the folklife center researchers came calling.

“I feel we need to write out stories and this was a big part of our story here,” he said. “Corridos used to be like newspapers. Well, maybe, they still should be.”