Knowledge is power for members of El Paso's Mariachi Los Arrieros. "Out of our 15 members, 10 of us are teachers," group manager and trumpet player Albert Martinez said in a phone interview last week.

When the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences announced last year that it was eliminating the stand-alone Grammy Award for Tejano album, along with several other categories, fears arose that ...

The following is a list of artists born or based in Texas (or who spent a considerable amount of time of their career in our state) who have been nominated to the 54th Grammy Awards, to be held in Los ...

ROBSTOWN (KIII NEWS) — Mariachi players from all over were invited to Robstown High School to break a world record for largest Mariachi serenade. Players were required to dress in Mariachi attire, ...

Theories abound regarding the origin of the word “mariachi,” but none is definitive. Mariachi music, however, can trace its roots to the Mexican state of Jalisco in the 19th century. The songs tell of ...

Students from the Clark County School District’s mariachi and ballet folklorico programs are slated to participate in the 2012 Latin Chamber of Commerce Mariachi Festival starting May 22. Workshops ...

MARIACHI musicians may not get the spotlight that superstars Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Lopez get, but mariachi music is here to stay. Enduring interest in the century-old mariachi tradition is ...

Because it wouldn’t be a fiesta without mariachi music, the Santa Fe Fiesta Council is hosting a Mariachi Extravaganza at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1, at Santa Fe Opera (seven miles north of Santa Fe ...

Alberto Ranjel raises his trumpet to his lips and plays to the heavens as a priest’s procession makes its way down the center aisle at St. Augustine Cathedral, Downtown. The 59-year-old pharmacist ...