Banda
Banda is a form of
popular music. Established in northern
Mexico in the late
1960s, banda music exploded in popularity in the late
1990s throughout Mexico and in the southwest
United States, primarily in
Texas and
California but also in
Iowa,
Kansas, and
Illinois. Thanks to the rapidly rising popularity of
La Banda Sinaloense, the genre has taken on a different role.
Bandas are made up of a number of brass instruments, its most notable being la tambora and trompeta.