Whether singing ruthless narco anthems for his Corridos Bélicos series or raising one glass too many on 2021’s Pisteando Con Amigos (En Vivo), Luis R Conriquez has comfortably established himself as a leader across styles. For this full-length collaboration with like-minded música mexicana practitioner Tony Aguirre, the corridos reign supreme. Backed by the rich storytelling and songwriting that springs from the country’s northwestern states, Corridones Belicones Duetos tells tales in the grand tradition on tracks like “El Flaco,” “El De Morelos,” and “El Abogado.” As with their prior one-off singles, the instrumentation here exhilarates as much as the lyrics.