SAN BENITO, Texas — The southern subtropics of Texas, known as the Rio Grande Valley, is a geographically and culturally distinct part of the Lone Star State — as much Mexican as Texan — with its own ...

In the beginning, there was the accordion. Puro Conjunto, An Album in Words & Pictures (CMAS Books; distributed by University of Texas Press), a collection of writings and artwork about the ...

Mexico”s Flaco Jimenez is something of a contradiction. He”s a five-time Grammy winning Tex-Mex musician who”s made a brilliant career playing the accordion, an instrument inextricably linked in many ...

SAN ANTONIO - Flaco Jiménez, the beloved San Antonio-born accordionist whose sound defined generations of Tex-Mex, Tejano, and conjunto music, has died. He was 86. He was surrounded by family in his ...

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. Jimenez’s death ...

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 ...

Fans of Tex-Mex conjunto legend Max Baca might be disappointed to learn that he will not be joined by Los Texmaniacs, his Grammy-winning band, for his Monday, July 22, appearance at the Santa Fe ...

Part of Texas has its own soundtrack: conjunto music. And a new generation of musicians is taking it up. (Story aired on All Things Considered on July, 10, 2023.) With the soundtrack for your morning, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Musician Flaco Jimenez performs during the Concert For Central Texas Fire Relief at The Frank Erwin Center on October 17, 2011 in ...

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