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 ...

For decades, Flaco Jiménez has been synonymous with Sunday evenings at the Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio at Rosedale Park. Come rain or sweltering heat, even on Mother’s Day some years, ...

Tejano Conjunto Festival festival founder Juan Tejeda (left) and Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Executive Director Cristina Ballí unveil the event’s new poster. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Tejano ...

Known as "Hollywood" to his family, J.R. Gomez is the harbinger of a new era in Tejano music, innovating conjunto with an accordion in hand. Gomez won Best New Male Artist at the 40th Annual Tejano ...

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, ...