SAN BENITO, Texas — The southern subtropics of Texas, known as the Rio Grande Valley, is a geographically and culturally distinct part of the Lone Star State — as much Mexican as Texan — with its own ...

On Friday, July 29, “Güero Polkas” (Ricky Dávila, the Wolfman Jack of San Antonio radio) signed off the air for the last time in 44 years. It was his last show and the beginning of the end of KEDA ...

San Antonio is a city that very much puts its Mexican American cultural blend on full display – visually, yes, but also ...

July 29, 2011, was the last day on the air for the original KEDA 1540 AM, Radio Jalapeño. For the last few months, the legendary conjunto station has resumed operations in a new building on West ...

After breaking significant musical barriers this spring by launching a two-day conjunto music festival in downtown Austin, Rancho Alegre Radio continues its mission to make the roots music accessible ...

Part of Texas has its own soundtrack: conjunto music. And a new generation of musicians is taking it up. (Story aired on All Things Considered on July, 10, 2023.) With the soundtrack for your morning, ...

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 ...

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 ...

With the soundtrack for your morning, which comes from the Rio Grande Valley. This is a geographically and culturally distinct part of Texas - in fact, it's much Mexican as Texan. And it does have its ...