In 2007, six Buenos Aires musicians—veterans of iconic Latin American punk bands, including Argentina’s She-Devils and Mexico’s Las Ultrasónicas—joined forces to create their own kind of cumbia. Their ...

Oeuvres, Champagne, and Cumbias? Last night’s listening party sponsored by Zune for A.B. Quintanilla’s new album, Planeta Kumbia, was something of a swanky media circus. The event—held within the ...

To judge the degree of influence wielded by Kumbia Kings, one need only look at the numbers. Earlier this year, the Texas-based band had simultaneously two albums on the Billboard Top Latin Albums ...

Urban/Tejano pop fusionists the Kumbia All-Starz will kick off their US tour in Odessa, Texas May 4, to be followed by dates in Arizona, Colorado and Minnesota. By Ayala Ben-Yehuda Urban/Tejano pop ...

PeeWee thinks he's finally found his footing as a singer. And it's thanks, in part, to a TV dancing competition. The performer, who scored hits as a member of the Texas-based Kumbia Kings and Kumbia ...

Since his earliest days using his songwriting ability and diverse array of musical chops to help propel his younger sister Selena to the certified reina status she was born to achieve, A.B.

San Antonio has long been recognized as the world capital of Tejano music. But in recent years Corpus Christi, where the roots of the influential Kumbia Kings are, has evolved into the bright-shining ...

KCRW’s Global Beat is a series highlighting emerging artists from around the world. Our second season takes us to Mexico, hosted by KCRW DJ Raul Campos alongside our curators, Mexico City DJ and music ...

SUNLAND PARK, NM (KFOX14/CBS4) — Western Playland’s first annual Kumbiapalooza concert was announced this week. The concert is set to take place on September 23. Latin Grammy nominated artist DJ Kane ...

But really, Selena Quintanilla Perez is more like the sun. She is a forever young icon, a cultural touchstone. Her musical legacy and tragic Tejano queen celebrity are inescapable, seductive and often ...

In Spanish, the word for soap opera is telenovela. And as anyone with even a limited knowledge of the Latin music scene knows, the eight years of Corpus Christi's Kumbia Kings has been full of drama ...

In typical Fiesta fashion, there were reunions over the weekend as party crowds and entertainers gathered across the city. One of the meet-ups was between Chris Perez and his former Kumbia Kings All ...