For years, the polka beats and accordion-rich sounds of Tejano music have shaped the social lives of many Hispanics throughout Texas. "Music is a big thing, just getting together and dancing, turning ...

This year Shelly Lares was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Tejano Music Awards Show. At 51, she's been singing professionally 41 years, admired for her unique blend of ...

Tejano singer Shelly Lares celebrates 26 years in the business this month, and she has Olivia Newton-John to thank for it. Lares was 10 years old when she crooned Newton-John's Let Me Be There at her ...

TM Audio subscribers have access to this episode one week early. Visit our FAQ page to learn how to link your subscription to your podcast app. Our guest on this special bonus episode of Viva Tejano, ...

For many Tejanos living and growing up in the barrios of Houston back in the 1990s, this was the entry music you heard as you tuned your radio to KXTJ Super Tejano 108 FM (which later bought out and ...

What does hosting the 45th annual Tejano Music Awards reveal about who Houston is as a city? Friday night at Texas Rodeo Saloon in Katy, it showed that we are focused on the future, still deeply ...

Ruben Ramos' life story mirrors the history of what we now know as Tejano music. His family's musical roots in Texas go back to 1918, and as a boy he was brought into the family bands, first as a ...

Two art installations paying tribute to the musical legacy of Tejano and Conjunto music debuted in San Antonio (City of San Antonio Arts and Culture Department) SAN ANTONIO – Two art installations ...

Música tejana : its essential elements -- Diversity and change in the initial recordings, 1927-41 -- Post-World War II developments, 1946-64 -- Before the arrival of the major record labels, 1964-89 - ...

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center recently unveiled the official poster for the 30th annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio 2011. The poster design was created by Al Rendon and was the ...

IN THESE divided times, icons who stand for cross-cultural unity can be an especially inspiring force. On Tuesday, Google is celebrating such a figure with a joyous musical animation that pays moving ...