He's learning to play the eight-string jarana, the main instrument in the musical style of son jarocho. "I like the way that the jarana sounds," he says. "I like how son jarocho invokes so much ...

Castro is a 21st-century renaissance man of Son Jarocho in Los Angeles. Since he arrived from Veracruz, 12 years ago, he’s become a bandleader, an instrument maker, a teacher, and a few other ...

Son Jarocho, however, music from the Veracruz region, is an unheralded treat - music with complicated rhythms, epic guitar playing and (often) rare instruments. For this reason, families will love ...

Son jarocho is festive music played with [the string instrument] jarana. And we sing stories, different ones. They're not songs. Your verse is your own version of the ...

six-string guitar-like instrument that plays melody; and the leona, a bass guitar. Percussion includes a tambourine and the beating of a box, which is not a part of traditional son jarocho.

From Veracruz, Mexico, son jarocho features a variety of string instruments and is derived from a mix Spanish, African, and Indigenous music practices. During a fandango, community members gather ...

Traditional Son Jarocho instruments like the tarima, requinto and the quijada (a donkey jawbone) can be heard throughout their self-released albums, most recently in their 2017 release ...

It is the son jarocho, a song and dance form, recognisable by bouncy harp rhythms, supported by an ensemble of string instruments. The term 'jarocho' itself means “brusk, somewhat insolent”.

He became an apostle for son jarocho, fostering relations between ... with no other options in the United States for their instruments. In Mexico, old-timers said that González’s handiwork ...

Son Jarocho is a regional folk music from the eastern most state of Vera Cruz, Mexico. Played at communal gatherings called fandangos, which brings together families and different social classes.