UNESCO grants international recognition to mariachi tradition Mariachi added to Representative List of Cultural Heritage In 2011, UNESCO officially added the mariachi tradition to its Representative List of Intangible Cultural […]
Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque founded Unique festival pays permanent tribute to mariachi pioneers Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque was cofounded in 1991 by the University of New Mexico Division of Continuing […]
Canciones de Mi Padre Mariachi music promoted internationally to an unprecedented degree In 1987, pop singer Linda Ronstadt decided to record an album in Spanish to pay tribute to her […]
First International Mariachi Conference Birth of the mariachi conference and festival movement In 1979, music educator Belle San Miguel and mariachi musician Juan Ortiz organized the world’s first International Mariachi […]
La Fonda de Los Camperos The mariachi restaurant concept is born In 1961, violinist Nati Cano took over Mariachi Los Camperos and proceeded to transform it into the preeminent mariachi […]
Mariachi México de Pepe Villa The trumpet duet is inaugurated and popularized In the early 1950s, vihuela player Pepe Villa of Mariachi Pulido came up with the novel idea of […]
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán The most important mariachi in history begins making records & films In 1934, an all-string mariachi from the village of Tecalitlán, Jalisco, led by young violinist […]
Mariachi Tapatío de José Marmolejo Prototype of the Urban Mariachi After Mariachi Coculense’s extended engagement at the 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair, José Marmolejo (nephew of Cirilo) left his uncle’s mariachi […]
Mariachi Coculense de Cirilo Marmolejo First mariachi to record after the Mexican Revolution By 1926, the Mexican Revolution had waned, and the Cristero War was just erupting. That same year, […]
Cuarteto Coculense First mariachi to make sound recordings In autumn of 1908, four musicians from Cocula, Jalisco, known as the Cuarteto Coculense or Mariachi de Justo Villa, became the first […]
