La Autoridad de la Sierra - 100% Autoridad Duranguense

Both the name of the group and its debut CD make a confident and uncompromising statement: "we are the authority of the mountain, the voice of duranguense." Barely noticeable on the charts only a few years before, La Autoridad De La Sierra's 2005 release 100% Autoridad Duranguense marked the sky-rocketing popularity of this style hailing from the rural Mexican province of Durango. Consistently placing in the Top Ten Latin albums and Top Five in the regional Mexican category, according to Nielson Soundscan, La Autoridad have made themselves a mainstay of the style and beloved by her fans, be they in Mexico or the heavily Mexican-populated Midwestern United States. Read More