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SAN ANTONIO — On a Saturday afternoon inside the walls of the historic Lerma's Nite Club, the notes of Conjunto music ring out, enduring through generations young and old. "It makes me feel really ...

As an American holiday, Cinco de Mayo can often feel inexact. Bandleader and accordionist Johnny Degollado long ensured that this wasn’t the case in Austin, that the day had its own character, its own ...

SAN ANTONIO — Flaco Jimenez, a six-time Grammy winner who took his conjunto accordion musicianship to the national and worldwide stages with countless superstar musicians and bands, has died, his ...

HOUSTON — Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano and Tex-Mex music, died Thursday. He was 86.

Known for its thumping backbeat, vocals and shimmering accordion riffs, Conjunto has been around for more than a century. Now more young musicians... Conjunto music enjoys a resurgence, bridging a ...

Famed Tejano singer-songwriter and master accordionist Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez has died. He was 86. Jiménez's family shared the news of the musician's death on his official Facebook page Thursday ...

Olga Flores has traveled from California to her hometown of San Antonio every year for the past 26 years. The reason she makes the hours-long drive is not to visit relatives, but to gather with ...

Singer Peso Pluma performs onstage during day 1 of the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 19 in Indio, Calif. [MUSIC PLAYING] CATHY WURZER: Since Mexicans have ...

For Jose Villanueva, instructing his music students involves teaching about history and culture as much as it includes lessons on melodies and scales. “I always talk to them about the origins of ...

When Galena Park resident Carlos Maldonado Jr. strums his 12-string guitar and croons into the microphone, it's most often romantic songs or lyrics about heartbreak. It's conjunto, a form of Mexican ...