Today’s Video: De Paisano a Paisano

Continuing this week’s video theme of music with political messages is a song from Mexican norteño group Los Tigres del Norte entitled “De Paisano a Paisano” (translation – “From Countryman to Countryman”. The tune is done in the familiar polka-like style of norteño music, and tries to emphasize the brotherhood between Mexicans and their compatriots living in the U.S.

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The song was released in 2001 and the band seems to be moving along very well as 2008 marks the fortieth anniversary of Los Tigres.

(Yesterday we featured “Sr. Cobranza” by Argentine rock group Bersuit Vergarabat).

Sources- lostigresdelnorte.com, Wikipedia, YouTube, lyricspot.com, Village Voice, The Latin Americanist