Texas Music Museum preserves musician histories from the past of Tejano
Texas Music Museum preserves musician histories from the past of Tejano
*This is awesome! VL By Grace Speas, The Daily Texan (3 minute read) Legendary Tejano accordionist Bruno Villarreal was sitting in a nursing home, blind, unable to walk and without his […]
Selena to Be Inducted Into the Texan Women’s Hall of Fame
*The induction ceremony will take place October 21, at the Texas Women’s University in Denton, Texas. VL By Yara Simón, Remezcla (3 minute read) If you love Halloween and Selena, […]
Video Tribute: Flaco Jimenez – The Grammy of a Lifetime
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco With 60 years of musical legacy and 5 Grammy’s to his name, conjunto icon Flaco Jimenez will received the highest tribute in the music world this […]
Tejano Music Legend ‘Little Joe’: His Improbable, Amazing Journey
*The King of the Brown Sound. “Chicanisimo” … truly an American success story. VL By Juan Castillo, NBC News AUSTIN, TX — His story is the stuff of Hollywood scripts, the […]
Texan accordionist Flaco Jiménez to receive Lifetime Achievement Grammy
*This is awesome, well deserved and about time! Other honorees: George Harrison, the Bee Gees, Buddy Guy … VL By Fox News Latino The Texan music legend, accordionist Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez, […]
Borderland Music: Songs From The U.S.-Mexico Frontera
*Happy Friday! By Jasmine Garsd, NPR/alt.latino In some ways, borders that divide countries are concrete and inescapable. The border between Mexico and the U.S. is very real for the thousands […]
U.S. Postal Service Honors Tejano Singer Lydia Mendoza With Stamp
By Victor Garcia, Fox News Latino Tejano music legend Lydia Mendoza is being recognized, immortalized and given the respect many feels she deserves for her contributions to the American musical scene. […]
Streamlined Grammys Stacked Against Tejano
By Hector Saldaña, San Antonio Express-News Two years ago, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences eliminated 31 categories at the Grammy Awards. One of them was Tejano. Click […]
Selena’s Music Is Back, But It’s Not Better
By Wuicho Vargas One of the most beautiful Tejano singers I know is back; Selena’s voice will once again roam the radio stations in the United States in the form of […]