If You Like… Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes Del Rancho

Emotional love songs, and corridos that celebrate the underdog—and the underworld—were central to the work of singer and requinto player Ariel Camacho. But just as his band's narcocorrido "El Karma" was climbing the charts, he died in a car crash at the age of 22. His spirit lives on in the music of these other Mexican singers and storytellers, whether in the tuba-and-guitar-led songs of Ulices Chaidez Y Sus Plebes, or the playful arrangements of Regulo Caro.