Eslabon Armado on Revitalizing Regional Mexican Music and Their Fast-Rising Chart Success
variety.comThania Garcia It’s been a record-breaking year for música Mexicana — the refashioned nickname given to the genre of regional Mexican music that, prior to these last few years, has remained relatively dormant in the mainstream American market.
Leading its growing presence in the U.S. is a small pack of young inheritors of the folky countryside ballads of their parents and grandparents who have fused their heritage from both sides of the border to evolve the storied musical style — picking up thousands of new listeners in the process.
Such is the case for Eslabon Armado, a foursome of young 20-somethings who made Latin music history when their upbeat “Ella Baila Sola” (She Dances Alone) — a track about spotting, and then pursuing, a beautiful woman from across the dancefloor — soared to No.
4 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, becoming the first regional Mexican single to reach the top 10 of the all-genre-inclusive list.
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