Mariachi music, a Mexican tradition, is now being treated with more respect thanks to a degree program in its birthplace of ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- He can bring you to tears with his Italian arias. But tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz started his musical journey by singing popular Spanish mariachi songs. The Mexican singer starred in the ...

Mariachi music, a vibrant genre born in Mexico and carried across generations, is finding new life on Boston University’s campus. This semester, junior Josue Ibañez-Bautista founded Los Mariachi ...

For the first time, the Mexican capital gathered mariachi enthusiasts and performers for a five-day event featuring daily concerts and open-air performances to celebrate the music deeply rooted in ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — During Hispanic Heritage Month, a mariachi group is bringing traditional Mexican sounds to Southeast Texas, a region that lacked such music for many years. Mariachi Proyecto was ...

The 28th Annual Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival was a celebration of the Mexican spirit, and party to honor a unique culture that, as the festival’s headliner Angeles Ochoa sang Saturday night, has no ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mexican regional music — a catchall term that encompasses mariachi, banda, corridos, norteño, sierreño and other genres — has proved to be anything but regional, playing a key role ...

Mariachi is a genre of Mexican music that dates back to at least the 18th century. If you spend any time in New Mexico, you are bound to hear the magic that is Mariachi music. Local Mariachi musician ...

LOS ANGELES -- For fifth generation musician Jose Hernandez, mariachi is more than the music of his motherland Mexico. It is ingrained in his heart and something he needs to listen to or do everyday.

DENVER, Colorado — Students have the opportunity to elevate their culture and share it with others as part of a mariachi class at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Many of the students who take ...

“American Mariachi,” a play now running at Red Bank’s Two River Theater, reminds us that mariachi music is a fount of culture, community, resistance and joy — not just for kitschy Mexican restaurants.

Chicago knows the power of mariachi. The city has nurtured several acclaimed mariachi ensembles, including Mariachi Herencia de México, who’ve become a national success story. Assembled by the ...