Mariachi music is “family music,” says educator Ramon Rivera, who led Alabama’s first school-based mariachi program at Pinson Valley High School in September. He said mariachi is for people of all ...

Music sometimes acts like a universal language, connecting people from different places, backgrounds and cultures. Now, a four-time Grammy award nominee is connecting young students with the age old ...

SAN ANTONIO – The sound of guitarrons, violins and other instruments will fill the air at the Pearl on Friday in celebration of Mexican Independence Day. The “Viva Dieciseis at Pearl” event features ...

On Friday, Dec. 19, the sights and sounds of Christmas in Mexico come back to the Popejoy Hall stage, with colorful mariachi ...

Though Ramon Ponce can’t pinpoint when he started singing, his talent for it won him first place in a contest when he was five years old. This was decades ago in the capital city of Puebla, Mexico, ...

All across the United States, a Mexican-themed party is nothing without well-dressed mariachi singers serenading guests with Mexican ballads. With their custom sobreros and elegant black embroidered ...

When Camila Fernández performs at the McCallum Theatre on Sept. 14 as part of the venue's celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the rising Mexican singer says it will feel more like a "big ...

In San Jose’s Alum Rock Union School District, students from third to eighth grade gather after school to learn how to play guitar, trumpet, violin, guitarrón, and vihuela, and to sing mariachi music.

The rhythm of mariachi music is known worldwide and becoming even more so. Music teacher Susana Diaz-Lopez shares her insights on its growth and impact in the Austin area. From cultural connections to ...

In their glittering, pointy-toed heels, six women shine their way onto the stage. Plum light bounces off the shoes, the silver buttons lining their pants, and their smiles. “We smile gracefully. Then ...

Most Americans probably associate mariachi music with Mexican restaurants, not classrooms — but that's changing. Schools from Oregon to Iowa to Tennessee now teach it as an art form. San Antonio, a ...

Crystal Hernández steadies her violin and scans the crowd from the sixth floor of SoFi Stadium as 70,000 fans stream into a ...