***Mariachi - The Sound of Hysteria & Heartbreak documents the whole spectrum of the Mariachi sound—emotional eruption, grief, suffering and complete elation—from folk traditions to modern popular music. Mariachi trumpets exult in techno and hip hop as well in ballads of popular music gogetters, the typical violins yowl no less in house music than they do in CALEXICO’s desert sound. This compilation brings all the sounds and emotions together. Along with traditional Mariachi groups there are tracks from Calexico, WILLY DE VILLE, MIGHTY DUB CATS, KEVIN AYERS, LINDA RONSTADT, TOSHINORI KONDO, RORY McLEOD, and others. Eighteen tracks in all.