This week’s guest on Viva Tejano, Dusty Oliveira—who DJs as El Dusty—helped lead the revival and reinvention of cumbia, most notably with his 2018 debut album, Cumbia City. His influences, and his ...
A Tejano band's journey from the garages to Netflix glory—tragedy, triumphs, and timeless beats that fueled the 23-year-old ...
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 ...
Grupo Frontera may be known for breathing new life into the danceable, decades-old genre of Mexican cumbia and Tejano music with their debut “El Comienzo,” but the six-man band is showing just how ...
Johnny Canales, the Tejano singer and starmaker who rose to fame in the 1980s and 90s, has died, his family said Thursday. Canales, 77, was a Mexican Tejano singer best known for hosting The Johnny ...
NORTEÑO-Tejano fusion has heated up so quickly that sound-alike groups are creating some confusion. But even though its sound and name bear an uncanny resemblance to those of Grupo Control, La ...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — It has been 30 years since that fateful morning at the Days Inn on Navigation when Selena confronted Yolanda Saldivar over missing money from her fan club and boutique. Selena ...
The Dick Clark of Latino music sure could pick them. Back in the 1980s and ’90s, Tejano artist and television host Johnny Canales showcased some of the biggest names in Tex-Mex music on “The Johnny ...
Johnny Canales, the influential television host who helped launch the careers of Selena and other Tejano music luminaries, has died at 76. "The Johnny Canales Show," which debuted in 1983, provided a ...
Vanita Leo’s singles sound like falling asleep one night in 1994 with hip-hop station KTFM on in your bedroom and Tejano radio mainstay KTXN bleeding in from the pachanga in the next room. Credit: ...
Flaco Jiménez, the legendary accordion player who was perhaps the foremost ambassador for regional Tejano music in the 20th century, died at 86 on July 31st. According to a statement, Jiménez died ...