Songs Without Borders (NY Times)

From The New York Times:

By LAWRENCE DOWNES
Published: August 16, 2009

Getting to the heart of Mexican Los Angeles via the narcocorrido, the “rap of modern Mexico,” as it moves through this sprawling, multilayered city.

With accompanying slide show.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/travel/16corridos.html?ref=travel