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Great Banda CD Jun 17, 2004
The rise of Banda Machos paralleled a very interesting socio-cultural phenomenon in the extended-Mexico society (Mexico plus Mexican communities living abroad). Mexico's free market reforms in the 80's & 90's exposed Mexicans to greater global economic competition, particularly in agricultural commodities. One of the results is that Mexico, the birthplace of domesticated maize, became a net importer of corn (from the U.S.) Almost overnight, the peasantry found their way of life (small scale intensive farming + light ranching + horticulture) decimated and had to leave their homelands. In the end, the many migrated to the U.S; lived thriftily, and wired as much money back home as possible. By the late 90's, transfers by expatriates surpassed all Foreign Direct investment. For the first time since the revolution, the rural inhabitants had great economic clout and by extension great socio-cultural clout. The preferred music of these people (mostly from north-western states) was the banda. The new found "wealth" enabled the visionary bandas to invest in musical training, the result was a modern banda sound with heavy foreign influences including Jazz, Mambo & Cumbia. Banda Machos did a particulary good job of create new music, this CD contains almost all of their original hits.
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