Saturday Night San Antonio: Tex-Mex Dance Music by Corrales, Frank (CD, 2012)

Folkways Records, Fowy

0093070652729

14046063552

2012

CD

World Music

Corrales, Frank

Saturday Night San Antonio: Tex-Mex Dance Music

0.40 in

0.25 lb

5.60 in

4.90 in

14

1

1.1 Mi Cafetal (Cumbia) - Traditional 1.2 Volver, Volver (Bolero) - Fernando Maldonado 1.3 Pan de Maiz (Schotische) - Traditional 1.4 Huapango Tejano (Huapango) - Traditional 1.5 Mi Negra Ausencia (Danza) - Traditional 1.6 La Adelita (Polka) - Traditional 1.7 La Cucaracha (Waltz) - Traditional 1.8 Viva Seguin (Polka) - Santiago Jimenez SR 1.9 Flor Marchita (Schotische) - Narcisco Martinez 1.10 Danzon Juarez (Danzon) - Traditional 1.11 La Piedrera (Polka) - Santiago Jimenez 1.12 La Tuna (Waltz) - Patricio Jimenez 1.13 Cotula Polka (Polka) - Santiago Jimenez SR 1.14 Saturday Night San Antonio-Sabado Noche en San Antonio (Cumbia) - Traditional

While Tex-Mex music is commonly thought of as the folk music that's popular along the Texas-Mexico border, ironically, it knows no borders when it comes to musical influences. Several selections on this album reach back to Germany and Poland for their roots, while a rhythm like cumbia goes back to Africa by way of Colombia. Still another tune, like the huapango, will have it's background firmly planted in Mexico.