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    Carin León: ‘Mexican music is no longer regional. It’s global’

    by Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times Sep 08, 2023 5 minutes
    Carin León attends the 35th Premio Lo Nuestro at Miami-Dade Arena on Feb. 23, 2023, in Miami.

    Carin León is a man of great panache. Known best by the cowboy hat he wears cocked to the side and his blues-inflected Sonoran croon, the Latin Grammy-winning balladeer carries himself with the steely gaze of a cowboy and the swagger of a rock star.

    León generated much buzz after appearing onstage this summer at the 20th annual Premios Juventud in Puerto Rico. It was while performing his joint norteño-pop song “Ni Me Debes, Ni Te Debo” with Colombian singer-songwriter Camilo, that he sported a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase “F— Regional”— as in, f— regional Mexican music.

    León, who won his first Latin Grammy last year in the regional Mexican music category, clarified this statement piece in a manifesto published the next day, describing the pitfalls of lumping all Mexican folk music under one label. “We’re much more than that — we’re banda, we’re

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