ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the key historical markers of the mobilities by looking at the circulation of bundles of practices and elements during colonial times, the consolidation of the practice of fandango in Sotavento and its subsequent folklorisation. It focuses on the recuperation of traditional son jarocho and the efforts that groups of enthusiasts made to valorise and preserve it during the last decades of the twentieth century. These transformations converged with other processes that enabled the expansion of the practice in urban locations mostly in Mexico and the US. The chapter examines the migratory system between the countries, the work of several cultural organisations in the US, an ethos of direct involvement, the emergence of a grass-roots market of instruments and strings, and the accessible nature of the musical tradition. It suggests that the dynamics constitute the main forces of the contemporary expansion of son jarocho.
