Mariachi was heavily involved in cultural promotion as a way to create a unified Mexican identity after the end of the Mexican Revolution. One of these efforts was the promotion of mariachi as an international symbol of Mexican identity, first with radio and sound recordings and later with films. Mexico built a nationwide radio broadcasting network in the 1920s such as XEB and XEW, which began broadcasting mariachi music as a media production, rather than as a music for social events. This music was already being modified in part due to the advent of sound recording. For example, most son jaliscense
The Musical Box (band) one of their tour programs, and was an audience member at their show in Geneva, Switzerland in 2005 during "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" tour, which featured him on the drums for an encore performance of "The Musical Box". Gabriel attended the band's first show in the UK, and brought his children so "they could see what their father used to do". The Musical Box's setlists are identical to those played by Genesis during their early tours. The Musical Box (band) The Musical Box are a French-Canadian tribute band formed in Montreal, Quebec in 1993 who recreate performances by