In the unforgiving, dusty glow of the streetlights in front of Jacala Mexican Restaurant near the Deco District, Eva Ybarra prepares to transform herself. The grand dame of the conjunto accordion, a ...
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 ...
Conjunto Pantera is made up of Parlier High School students. The group is named after the school's mascot, the panther. These ...
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 family announced.
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Ah, the homegrown heroes. Emerging from South Texas, tejano and conjunto often get jumbled into the same category, so we’ll break them down first by instrument. Conjunto is played with the accordion, ...
When you strip Tejano music to its core, you'll find the rhythmic pulsations of conjunto music. They're the same soulful beats that once regularly filled Austin ballrooms and brought even the most ...
Elisa de Hoyas is part of a new generation of acordeonistas who are keeping conjunto thriving through teaching and performance in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Conjunto (pronounced con-HOON-toh) is ...
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 ...
Conjunto (pronounced con-HOON-toh) is now offered as a fine-arts band credit in at least a dozen schools in the Valley and as far north as San Antonio. As the adage goes: If you want to preserve the ...