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Hustling troubadours hit Mexico City by night.  Neil McCarthy enjoys a mariachi.

Hustling troubadours hit Mexico City by night - Neil McCarthy descends into the meaning, madness and music of mariachi. From 2004.

It's night-time in the Plaza Garibaldi, Mexico City.

Neil Mcarthy descends into the meaning, madness and music of mariachi - hustling troubadours in sequined suits whose songs of love and pain are inseparable from Mexican life. 

Producer: Mark Burman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.

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