San Antonio is a city that very much puts its Mexican American cultural blend on full display – visually, yes, but also sonically. Perhaps nowhere is that more apparent than in two particular genres that are themselves unique Texas products that the city has made major contributions to: conjunto and Tejano music.

Before Grupo Frontera, Peso Pluma and Banda MS, Tejano artists like Selena, Emilio Navaira and Little Joe were all the craze in the early 1990s. While Tejano music can still be heard on some old-school radio stations and at family carne asadas or ...

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 music seemed destined for an exciting evolution.

Famed Tejano singer-songwriter and master accordionist Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez has died. He was 86. Jiménez’s family shared the news of the musician’s death on his official Facebook page Thursday night. A cause of death was not disclosed.

Last year, when Shakira teamed up with the Tejano band Grupo Frontera for “Entre Paréntesis,” she paid homage to Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, emulating the late Tejano singer’s famed dance steps in the music video for the song. “My little tribute ...

When most people think RodeoHouston, they think country music. But musica Mexicana is what pulls in the crowds. Seven of the 10 most-attended shows in RodeoHouston history belong to Go Tejano Day performers, including Los Tigres del Norte, Siggno and ...

HOUSTON — The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after spending decades behind bars for fatally shooting the young singer at a Texas motel in 1995, the state’s parole board announced Thursday.