The ranchera is traditional music of Mexico originally sung by only one person with a guitar in the times of the Mexican Revolution. Years later it became closely associated with the mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco in the post-revolutionary period. Rancheras are also played today by norteño (conjunto) or banda. Drawing on rural traditional folklore, the ranchera was conceived as a symbol of a new national consciousness in reaction to the aristocratic tastes of that era. Perhaps the greatest exponents of the ranchera have been Cuco Sanchez, JosĂ© Alfredo JimĂ©nez, Lola Beltrán, Vicente Fernández, Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete, and Javier SolĂs. .
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