Abraham Quintanilla, music legend Selena’s father, dead
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SAN ANTONIO — The largest Tejano music event in the country returns to downtown San Antonio for three days of free, fan-fueled fun. The highly anticipated Tejano Music Awards Fan Fair promises to be the ultimate Tejano experience, featuring over 150 ...
Next month, San Antonian singer Ramiro “Ram” Herrera marks his 30th year in music. The new year may also find the Tejano veteran stretching into the non-Tejano music of his boyhood, rhythm and blues and country music. Because of a crumbling Tejano ...
Selena, La Mafia, Bobby Pulido, Elida Reyna — in the ’90s, those were the names that defined Tejano music. They ruled radio, sold out concerts and carried the sound far beyond Texas borders. Tejano music seemed destined for an exciting evolution.
Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras speaks with All Things Considered host Scott Detrow about the TV host who helped Tex-Mex music transcend borders. Television host Johnny Canales died on Thursday in Texas at the age of 77. Canales was the host of "The Johnny ...
Max Baca, this week’s guest on Viva Tejano, is a true standard-bearer in tejano music. He was just seven years old when he started playing onstage with his dad’s conjunto band. He went on to play in the Texas Tornados, where he replaced his idol, Oscar ...