New Mexico music
Genre of folk music that originated in New Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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New Mexico music (Spanish: música nuevo mexicana)[1] is a genre of music that originated in the US state of New Mexico. It derives from Pueblo music in the 13th century,[2] and with the folk music of Hispanos during the 16th to 19th centuries in Santa Fe de Nuevo México.
New Mexico music | |
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Cultural origins | 13th century: Pueblos 16th century: Nuevo México, New Spain 1960s: New Mexico, United States |
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Southwestern United States (esp. New Mexico) | |
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Albuquerque and Santa Fe | |
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During the early 1900s, the genre began to incorporate country music and American folk music. The 1950s and 1960s brought the influences of blues, jazz, rockabilly, and rock and roll into New Mexico music. During the 1970s, the music style entered popular music in the Southwestern United States.[3][2][4][5][6]
The language of the vocals in New Mexico music is usually Mexican and New Mexican Spanish, American and New Mexican English, Spanglish, Tiwa, Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and/or Southern Athabaskan languages.