At only 20, Ivan Cornejo is a seasoned pro in the world of música Mexicana. He also represents the genre's future.
Iván Cornejo knew at an early age that he’d find his future in music. Precocious as a child and an autodidact, the U.S.-born música Mexicana star taught himself to play guitar at age 8 by watching YouTube tutorials. Pretty soon, his hobby would become a calling. “I saw it for myself. I thought, ‘This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.
It’s not uncharted territory — the history of Mexican music abounds with singer-songwriters like José Alfredo Jiménez and Cuco Sánchez, yearning balladeers whose catalogs are replete with songs about the million ways in which they’ve lost in love.
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