From the mariachi’s booming guitarron on “Cielito Lindo,” to the powerful accordeón in Los Tigres del Norte’s “Ni Parientes Somos” to even the trap drums of a Natanael Cano corrido tumbado, the sound ...

Madisson Flores, 11, plays violin at a rehearsal for Cantares de Mexico, a youth mariachi band based in Caldwell. The group has a big Day of the Dead performance Saturday at JUMP in Boise. Madisson ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- A trumpet, a guitar/vihuela, two violins and a guitarrón are enough instruments to make up Mariachi Corcel de Madison. The group aims to represent the sounds and rhythms of Mexican ...

Dressed in the muslin garb of the working peasant, the early mariachi played his music in the cane fields and dusty villages of Jalisco in central Mexico. In time, he left behind his huaraches ...

As the Latino student population continues to grow at CSUN, classes about Latin music and its roots continue to play an important role in connecting students to their cultural heritage. CSUN’s ...

Genisis Tarango’s braces glinted behind her bright red lipstick as she belted out a grito, the passionate yell synonymous with mariachi singing, on Saturday evening outside Casa Bonita. Ten of her ...

A school district in San Diego County struck just the right note when it started mariachi classes four years ago. Mark Fogelquist is a witness to the power of mariachi. Back in the mid-1990s, the ...

Inside a Caldwell building Wednesday evening, three girls crowded around a fellow band member, her head leaned back as they made up her face to look like a skull. A black line with small crossed ...