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 ...

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 ...

What Elvis Presley was to rock, Muddy Waters to blues, Clifton Chenier to zydeco or Charlie Parker to jazz, Flaco Jimenez is to Tex-Mex (also known as conjunto or norteno) music. Perhaps 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 ...

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 ...

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