With its roots buried deep in the past—arguably the early 1700s, in the campos of Western Mexico—Mariachi is a truly unique musical genre. Beloved the world over, but especially cherished here in our ...

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Martha Ramirez, who frequently writes about Latin music, originally wrote this story in Spanish for Excelsior: Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán was founded in 1898 in Tecalitlán, a small town in Mexico’s ...

Mariachi music breaks all the rules. That's how Tori Kolesar sees it. “It's not like anything else, the timing, the chords. It's all so different. That's what makes it so fun,” she says. The ...

There was no need to prime the audience at the May 7 mariachi festival at the Save Mart Center about how mariachi music transcends generations, borders and emotions. The ‘Ay Amor! Serenata Pa’l ...

For the last 15 years, San Antonio has been a second home to Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, which was founded in 1897 and is justly considered the world’s greatest mariachi … ever. The annual ...

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In Mexico, Halloween is nothing compared to the Day of the Dead, a national holiday that (essentially) commemorates good and bad spirits of people who no longer get tricks or treats. This year, Cal ...

SAN ANTONIO – One of the largest and longest-running mariachi music festivals in the U.S. is returning to San Antonio this December. The Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza starts with national competitions ...

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration if we were to call it the biggest mariachi music event in San Diego’s history. The 2016 San Diego International Mariachi Summit — running today and continuing through ...