All-women mariachi band in Phoenix: Mariachi Rubor
It’s not easy to break with tradition. Especially when that tradition is centuries old and as steeped in a way of life as mariachi music is in Mexican culture. Traditionally played by men, with songs from the male perspective, mariachi music has generally not been a pursuit reserved for women. Maleness is so engrained in mariachi culture that even the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization describes it as a "skill (that) is usually passed down from fathers to sons." But for Mariachi Rubor, one of the very few female mariachi bands in Phoenix, those deeply...