Transcript: Nortec Collective Crosses Musical, Real Borders

ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
08-21-2009
Nortec Collective Crosses Musical, Real Borders

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time 20:00-21:00 PM


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The music scene of Tijuana once teemed with nightclubs and thousands of American revelers. But that has changed as border security increased to deal with illegal immigration and drug gangs. And so the character of Tijuana's music scene has evolved as well.

Reporter Corey Takahashi explores that change with this profile of a group of longtime Tijuana musicians called the Nortec Collective.

COREY TAKAHASHI: When you drive through Tijuana, you feel like you're twirling the dial on a radio of live musicians.

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