César Castro is a young master of son jarocho, a music genre that originated over 250 years ago in Veracruz, Mexico, combining Indigenous Mexican, African, Spanish, and Arabic influences. César is also originally from Veracruz, but he has lived in Los Angeles since 2005.
Video by Akira Boch, a "Sounds of California" researcher and independent filmmaker based in Los Angeles.
Part of the 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Sounds of California and On the Move.
