Calling David Eduardo: I recently started checking out the 3 Palm Springs Spanish-language stations. I hadn't listened in a while. It seems like the nortena genre has all but vanished. I hear plenty of banda, pop, and ballads. I've listened a little to La Raza and Zona MX in LA, and heard few, if any, nortenas on those stations. Has the nortena's time passed? I don't speak Spanish, but I enjoy the music.
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Where are the nortenas?
- Thread starter Nick Seneca
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Yes, the norteña genre is in a slump. Regional Mexican stations will likely play no more than a cut or two an hour, as all the hits are in banda right now. Ranchera as a contemporary genre is all but dead, and so we are left with the different styles of banda.
Even in Texas, the amount of norteña is considerably limited compared to the past, and most songs getting play are from the gold categories.
That's interesting. Thanks for the info. At least I can still hear 'em on Google Play Music
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