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HOUSTON -- Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano and Tex-Mex music, died Thursday. He was 86. Jimenez ...

This week’s guest on Viva Tejano, Congressman Joaquin Castro, grew up on the West Side of San Antonio, in a household steeped in the Chicano movement, with a soundtrack full of tejano music. Freddy ...

Last year, musician Bobby Pulido tearfully announced that he’d be going on one final tour to celebrate more than 30 years as a Tejano icon. His reason for retiring? To trade concerts for a career in ...

Tejano music star Bobby Pulido announced Wednesday he is running for Congress in a bid to oust GOP U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz from her South Texas seat. Once a Democratic stronghold, the ...

SAN ANTONIO – Tejano music star Bobby Pulido announced his Democratic candidacy for Texas’ 15th Congressional District in September, positioning himself as a bipartisan voice focused on rural issues ...

WASHINGTON (Texas Tribune) — Tejano musician Bobby Pulido is running for Texas’ 15th Congressional District, he announced Wednesday, giving Democrats their best — and potentially only — opportunity to ...

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