TIL that much Mexican music, like what you hear in Mexican restaurants in the US, has its roots in German polka and waltz, hence all the accordion and brass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norte%C3%B1o_(music)



Submitted December 28, 2014 at 04:46AM by Cyfun06 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2qkj38/til_that_much_mexican_music_like_what_you_hear_in/