Urban Tejano

Tortilla Factory pulls down a Grammy nomination as Best Tejano Band as the almost four-decade-old local institution gets ready to reinvent the genre

"...the trumpeter, built red-hot rhythms, white-rock influence, and brassy Tejano melodies into one explosive sound. Tortilla (as the band's..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Eastside Vibes: Come Experience the Culture

Celebrations, food joints, & moves to make on the Eastside this summer

"...multitude of opportunities to experience the music, food, and culture that is the true essence of daily Black and..."

May 24, 2017 Chronolog Post by Montinique Monroe

Like the Wind, Kiko Villamizar Pushes the Culture Forward

Austin's Colombian instigator brings his music, message, and mission to Todo el Mundo

"...Molina, where it blossomed into myriad regional subgenres, including Tejano music...."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Outlaw Onda

If Tejano music isn't on the radio, does it still exist?

"...When Austin's last Tejano radio station, KTXZ 1560AM, went off the air last..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields and Crossroads

Austinite Hector Galán’s reverential look at Grammy-winning "Texican" rockers Los Lonely Boys is a document of persistence, passion, and some of the finest rock & roll since Stevie Ray Vaughan’s untimely exit.

"...Austinite Hector Galán’s reverential look at the band, the culture, and various and sundry pit stops along the way..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cultural Interloper

Accordion King Bradley Williams

"...Williams might have picked up a bit of a Tejano accent. After all, he came here specifically in search..."

April 11, 1997 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Pachanga!

Cinco de Mayo month Part III – the hombres: from Jovita's Mayo Pardo to Ruben Ramos' Mexican Revolution, Del Castillo, Joel Guzman, y más

"...Latino music is still largely misunderstood outside its own culture, because it's perceived as all being the same...."

May 29, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Run by Families, Run for Families

It's a Friday evening at the Santa Cruz Center for Culture, and as the Aztlan Dance Company rehearses its production of Reflexiones '02, the company shows how after 30 years it's still not only an exhilarating dance company, but very much a family affair.

"...Friday evening, and at the Santa Cruz Center for Culture, rehearsal is just getting started for the Aztlan Dance..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

ATX Conjunto Constant Chencho Flores Dies at 91

Accordionist bridged decades of music on Sixth Street

"...Born on June 2, 1929, “between the Bastrop and..."

Jan. 13, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Heart and Chicano Soul

"...to detail the way young Mexican-Americans assimilated music and culture after rock & roll took off in the 1950s...."

June 4, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Texas Book Festival 2002 Book Reviews

Debut novelist and SWT grad Diana López "captures a Tejano culture in flux" in her Sofía's Saints, writes Sarah Hepola.

"...in the midst of all these mythical and pop culture beasts, a pocket of privacy envelops us and mutes..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

News Top 10s

"...be nonresponsive in two languages -- and a primary Tejano culture made its grandest political debut...."

Jan. 3, 2003 News Feature

Postscripts

Mixed Notes

"...spoken word traditions in cowboy, African American, and now Tejano culture. So popular has it been, in fact, that..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Books Column by Clay Smith

Sonidos del Barrio

Part 1, the overview, of Latino music in the Austin mainstream

"...are tough all over, they're always worse in minority cultures. While the "brown dollar" (see "Outlaw Onda," Feb. 17,..."

May 1, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Mi Son

Rick Treviño returns to his roots.

"...because he was Hispanic," explains his mother. "When the Tejanos would come to see him, he shied away because..."

June 8, 2001 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Story of an American Music

Hector Galán's Songs of the Homeland

"...Galán couldn't get anyone to hear the music in Tejano. When the filmmaker tried to secure funding for a..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

La Onda Chicano

Tejano music, as a genre, might be on the ropes, but Sunny Ozuna – one of the genre's architects – is anything but

"...Despite the October demise of the city's last Tejano radio station ("Outlaw Onda," Music, February 17, 2006), the..."

July 21, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Amor Prohibido

Selena's Crossover Dream

"...her music was known and loved by millions of Tejanos, other Latinos, and Latin Americans, to the majority of..."

June 28, 1996 Books Feature

The Bulgarian Chainsaw Massacre

David Blue Garcia proves you can take Leatherface out of Texas in the new Netflix horror Texas Chainsaw Massacre

"...of indie filmmaking. The Austin filmmaker's first feature, 2018's Tejano, was a $60,000 border thriller "where I was directing,..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Touring Austin's Latin Record Stores

Discotecas outnumber Anglo record shops

"...as Latino or Hispanic in the last census, Latin culture is mainstream in Austin, so discotecas remain decidedly Mexican..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

A Word From Our Sponsor

Jingles All the Way

"...photograph by Kenny Braun In a culture where the candidate with the most entertainment value is..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Siempre Selena

Game changer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez prompts Corpus Christi's inaugural "Selena Fest"

"...of Los Dinos and a young fixture on the Tejano/Latin music charts, recorded a crossover album that had fans..."

April 10, 2015 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...crowd that would go for a diverse group of Tejano, California, and Mexican acts. When Javier Galvan y Fama,..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

The Dialogue of Poets

Conjunto Aztlan's Movimiento Music

"...large, edgy scenes of barrio life, reflections of indigenous culture, or images of Mexican and Mexican-American heroes. Flor y..."

April 17, 1998 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Playback: Strictly Conjunto

“We don’t want this music to die” – Johnny Degollado

"...as collaborators. Nevertheless, Saturday's 18-act bill of conjunto and Tejano acts ultimately yielded scant attendance...."

May 11, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Next Wave

A comprehensive look at the emerging Rock en Español movement in the United States

"...rock rebellion and the rolled eyes of American pop culture. Muddy Waters summed up rock music by saying, "Jazz..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Sixth Sense

Neighbors, business owners, and the city are all searching for the future of East Sixth Street

"...and safe neighborhood with a strong sense of its culture and history where its families can continue to grow..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...in their backbone. – Belinda Acosta Todo Austin/The Austin Tejano Music Coalition/DiverseArts..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Chac-Mool

A rare glimpse inside the inner circle of accordion pioneer Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

"...tales of heartbreak and loss appealed to the often-nomadic Tejano communities, as well as to young musicians like Valerio..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Everything

What do Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Ocote Soul Sounds have in common? Prince, Maceo Parker, and Larry Harlow!

"...connects Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, which share a single culture if not a national allegiance. Nearly everyone has family..."

June 13, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

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