Latin Music

Cumbiamania at the Continental Club

Rotation

Rotation

Various Artists

Conjunto's King

Advancements in Tejano aside, Flaco Jimenez is still the champ

Rotations

Advancements in Tejano aside, Flaco Jimenez is still the champ

Tex-Mex Tunes

Advancements in Tejano aside, Flaco Jimenez is still the champ

Hot Shots

Desperado hits the bull's-eye with a fusillade of bullets

Rotation

Desperado hits the bull's-eye with a fusillade of bullets

Mariachi Rodeo -- The Torch Has Been Passed To A New Generation

Photo by Olivia Flores AlvarezMeet Houston's newest mariachi - Catalina Garcia of Mariachi Hermosura. "I've only been playing in the group for four, almost five months now," she tells Hair Balls backstage at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's Mariachi Invitational competition. Hermosura isn't i ... More >>

Roll Over, Selena

And tell Emilio the news

The Story of Los Volcanes and Neil Diamond

A chance Texas encounter gives a Seattle conjunto band the shot of a lifetime

Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano: “Fiesta Navidad”

We wish you a Merry Christmas – Latino style

Houston Goes International with the Latin Grammys

We wish you a Merry Christmas – Latino style

Concierto: Gracias Houston (Concert: Thank You Houston)

Raul Brindis throws a Latin music mega-party

All in la Familia at Azteca's Bar and Grill

Fathers, sons and "Mustang Sally"

Ozomatli

Ozomatli appears Friday, October 6, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel Street. Call 713-225-5483 for more info.

Merengue Mosh

Introducing the punk-infused Latin rock of Cordero

Best Latin Club

Introducing the punk-infused Latin rock of Cordero

Best Spanish Radio Station

Introducing the punk-infused Latin rock of Cordero

¡Viva H-town!

Latinos come to the fore in this year's music awards

Best Spanish-Language Radio Station

KEYH/850 AM

¡Viva México!

The International Fest casts light on one of the world's most underrated musical nations

Ibrahim Ferrer

Buenos Hermanos (World Circuit/Nonesuch)

Memo Re: Borders

Memo Villarreal isn't afraid of the corporate bookstore or the Rio Grande

Grupo Fantasma

Thursday, December 27

Travail-less Travels

Putumayo and Rough Guide samplers offer up armchair adventures for jittery Americans

Racket

Tejano musicians aren't getting the same cut as their Anglo counterparts

Emerald Bayou

The Irish take center stage at the 2001 Houston International Fest

Pepper Shakers

Los Hombres Calientes take jazz into booty-shaking territory

Playbill

Ozomatli, dc Talk, The New Morty Show

Sound Check

Ozomatli, dc Talk, The New Morty Show

Sonidos Y Mas: Mariachi Real de San Diego's Mariachi Classics

Mariachi Real de San Diego Mariachi Classics www.mariachi4u.com/usa/Real_de_San_Diego.htmMariachi music has been present in American culture as long as I can remember - I recall watching old Hollywood films set in Mexico or Southern California, where the inevitable trio would come out for a song o ... More >>

Dancing With the Stars: Things Ain't The Same Without Delay

Someone needs to find this guy a hobby...​I'll be honest: I didn't know if I'd be able to find the strength to soldier on now that Tom "Dazzle Me Dreamy" DeLay had left Dancing With the Stars. What light be light if Tommy be not seen? Now I finally knew what Jesse and Slater meant when they sa ... More >>

Dancing With the Stars: Nearing the Finish Line

​Do you smell that? That potent mixture of stardust, flop sweat, and desperation? It's like burnt cinnamon and broken dreams. And it can mean only one thing: The final week of Dancing With the Stars. The show's whole pointlessness was driven home in Tom Bergeron's opening narration, when he ... More >>

Aventura

​Do you smell that? That potent mixture of stardust, flop sweat, and desperation? It's like burnt cinnamon and broken dreams. And it can mean only one thing: The final week of Dancing With the Stars. The show's whole pointlessness was driven home in Tom Bergeron's opening narration, when he ... More >>

3rd Houston Brazilian Carnaval

Katia Moraes brings her infectious rhythms to Houston

Trio Elétrico

Katia Moraes brings her infectious rhythms to Houston

19th Annual Mariachi Invitational

"Volver, Volver" to the city's largest celebration of mariachi music

Nightfly: Hip Movement

Dance reigns supreme at salsa institution Club Tropicana.

Latin Music At iFest: Legends, Locals And A Party-Starting Funk Crew

Over the next two weeks, Rocks Off will be previewing acts performing at this year's Houston International Festival Saturday and Sunday and April 24-25 broken down by genre (loosely, anyway) and with a guest pick from a true insider: iFest Director of Performing Arts Rick Mitchell. Today, a look at ... More >>

iFest Aftermath: Not Bad For a Non-Music Festival

Breaking iFest news: Nigeria's King Sunny Ade & his African Beats have been forced to cancel their entire U.S. tour, including a scheduled appearance Saturday at iFest. According to a press release from the group's PR firm, Rock Paper Scissors, the U.S. Embassy has refused to grant visas to two ... More >>

Once Upon a Time in Mexico Feast

If only all hit men were this good looking

La Gran Senora

Jenni Rivera flirts with pop crossovers but remains true to regional Mexican music.

Os Mutantes: The Best Band You've Probably Never Heard Of

Pink Floit via Flickr​Os Mutantes were one of the most influential rock groups to emerge during the late '60s in Brazil. The band - initially a trio with Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista and his brother Sergio Dias) fell under the graces of the founders of the Tropicalismo movement, Brazil's respons ... More >>

To Cross the Face of the Moon/Cruzar la Cara de la Luna

Pink Floit via Flickr​Os Mutantes were one of the most influential rock groups to emerge during the late '60s in Brazil. The band - initially a trio with Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista and his brother Sergio Dias) fell under the graces of the founders of the Tropicalismo movement, Brazil's respons ... More >>

Mariachi Invitational

Pink Floit via Flickr​Os Mutantes were one of the most influential rock groups to emerge during the late '60s in Brazil. The band - initially a trio with Rita Lee, Arnaldo Baptista and his brother Sergio Dias) fell under the graces of the founders of the Tropicalismo movement, Brazil's respons ... More >>

Last Night: Go Tejano Day At RodeoHouston

Photos by Marco TorresLa Leyenda​Go Tejano Day feat. La Leyenda, La Arrolladora Banda El Limon, Mariachi Invitational Finalists Reliant Stadium March 13, 2011 Tejano is dead, at least at RodeoHouston. Gone are the days of Selena, La Mafia, and David Lee Garza, who are now replaced with conju ... More >>

Festival de Mariachi

Photos by Marco TorresLa Leyenda​Go Tejano Day feat. La Leyenda, La Arrolladora Banda El Limon, Mariachi Invitational Finalists Reliant Stadium March 13, 2011 Tejano is dead, at least at RodeoHouston. Gone are the days of Selena, La Mafia, and David Lee Garza, who are now replaced with conju ... More >>

Olga Tanon

Photos by Marco TorresLa Leyenda​Go Tejano Day feat. La Leyenda, La Arrolladora Banda El Limon, Mariachi Invitational Finalists Reliant Stadium March 13, 2011 Tejano is dead, at least at RodeoHouston. Gone are the days of Selena, La Mafia, and David Lee Garza, who are now replaced with conju ... More >>

Why Is Mexico Such a Dump?

And what's the Mexican music that sounds like polka?