In the unforgiving, dusty glow of the streetlights in front of Jacala Mexican Restaurant near the Deco District, Eva Ybarra prepares to transform herself. The grand dame of the conjunto accordion, a ...

SAN ANTONIO — Flaco Jimenez, a six-time Grammy winner who took his conjunto accordion musicianship to the national and worldwide stages with countless superstar musicians and bands, has died, his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Flaco Jimenez performs during the Americana Music Honors and Awards show Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP ...

Known for its thumping backbeat, vocals and shimmering accordion riffs, Conjunto has been around for more than a century. Now more young musicians... Conjunto music enjoys a resurgence, bridging a ...

Juan Vera's accordion has a habit of catching the light coming through the windows of the Conjunto Heritage Taller on South Presa Street. What: An annual gathering celebrating the accordion and its ...

This week’s guest on Viva Tejano, Eva Ybarra, is a luminary in conjunto music, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who’s been playing the accordion for seven decades. For all her talent, though, she’s ...

Conjunto will be a big part of the accordion madness when the 14th annual Accordion Kings festival takes over at Miller Outdoor Theatre this weekend. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. Friday and ...

Ah, the homegrown heroes. Emerging from South Texas, tejano and conjunto often get jumbled into the same category, so we’ll break them down first by instrument. Conjunto is played with the accordion, ...

Eva Ybarra is willpower personified, with the added benefit of pure talent. She is an underdog champion. She is a role model for females. She is tough and relentless and a free spirit. She is the ...

Flaco Jimenez, a six-time Grammy winner who took his conjunto accordion musicianship to the national and worldwide stages with countless superstar musicians and bands, has died, his family announced.

Conjunto (pronounced con-HOON-toh) is now offered as a fine-arts band credit in at least a dozen schools in the Valley and as far north as San Antonio. As the adage goes: If you want to preserve the ...