SALT LAKE CITY — The popular Mariachi Festival, now in its third year, returns to Salt Lake City on Friday — but if you don't have tickets, your viewing options are limited. Bolivia, meanwhile, is the ...

Since the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ended the Mexican War and signed the southwestern states over to the United States, Mexicans have kept immigrating to the Southwest “and bringing their culture ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mexican regional music — a catchall term that encompasses mariachi, banda, corridos, norteño, sierreño and other genres — has proved to be anything but regional, playing a key role ...

Jorge Rodriguez pauses for just a brief moment when asked why he performs mariachi music. “Initially, it was because it made me happy. It made me forget about the world,” says the San Jose-based ...

On the streets of downtown San Antonio this weekend, thousands of young musicians and the sounds of mariachi music. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) NADWORNY: It's called the Mariachi Extravaganza, and it's the ...

Mariachi music, a Mexican tradition, is now being treated with more respect thanks to a degree program in its birthplace of ...

As a child growing up in Mexico City, Juanita Ulloa started learning ranchera standards listening to patrons joyously joining in with the musicians performing next door at Caballo Bayo, a famous ...

In the number of upcoming music events one that should not be overlooked is the upcoming mariachi performance. La Alegría Del Mariachi on May 18 combines professional and student performers for a ...

Valentin Gonzalez was just 7 years old when he picked up a vihuela for the first time to play the music that has run through his family’s veins for five generations. He learned mariachi from his ...

Kevin Delgado, San Diego State University School of Music and Dance School director, knew exactly who to reach out to when he sought to add a mariachi class to the SDSU music program in 2024. His ...

DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — Metropolitan State University of Denver has built a reputation as a school with unique programs. Now there’s something new for people with an interest in music and culture: ...