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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For newcomers looking to differentiate Mexico’s Norteño music from Texas’ conjunto, look no further than the fits among Saturday and Sunday fans at Austin’s Rancho Alegre Conjunto Festival. Attendees ...

Had this been a non-pandemic year, Christopher Ramirez and Ashly Nicole Molina would have been in Austin on a recent Saturday afternoon. As two of the four finalists for the sixteen-and-under conjunto ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival is officially set for the last weekend of April, thanks to grassroots fundraising efforts after the fest lost the city funding it has relied ...

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 ...

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The Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio kicks off today, May 15! This year’s festivities will continue till May 18. The festival showcases the best of Conjunto music, from iconic legends to ...

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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, ...