Grammy-nominated local musician Alex Meixner will be holding an accordion jam session on Sunday, Nov. 16 – the final day of ...

The master of the Tex-Mex accordion Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez, whose tradition-drenched sound came to define conjunto or Tejano music of South Texas, has died. Throughout a career that spanned more ...

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.

Could tejano music have picked a more jovial, warmhearted ambassador? Leonard “Flaco” Jiménez, who died Thursday at the age of 86, was something more than simply a master accordion player and an ...

The genre is most closely associated with Louisiana, but one musicologist points out its entire "corridor" runs from the Bayou City up to Lafayette.

"I like to cross over," conjunto music legend and San Antonio native Flaco Jimenez said in a Texas Monthly story a couple of years back. He was referring to crossing over into another artist's playing ...

He elevated his instrument’s often-maligned reputation with deft musicianship, and by writing and commissioning a wide range of music. By Richard Sandomir Guy Klucevsek, a masterly accordion player ...

Between fair weather, spring break and almost St. Patrick’s Day, conditions are great to get out and enjoy Denton this weekend. Stop by one of Denton’s many bars for St. Patrick’s celebrations all ...

The 34th annual Cotati Accordion Festival returned to La Plaza Park Saturday for the first of two days of live music on five stages that ranged from zydeco and jazz to rock, polka and cumbia.

Guy Klucevsek, an accordion virtuoso who ventured far beyond polkas with experimental compositions, minimalistic structures and wide-ranging collaborations such as backing performance artist Laurie ...