On Saturday, April 15, Mariachi Vargas will grace the YouTube Theater in Inglewood. The 126-year-old mariachi ensemble is on its “Mexicano Desde La Raiz World Tour” and will perform in Mexico, Canada, ...

In a windowless room down the back halls of Glencliff High School, students fit stringed instruments under their chins and put brass mouthpieces to their lips. Typical music class stuff. But this ...

I could never believe my dad that that was Brian Wilson singing the falsetto at the top. I didn’t believe a man could sing that way. I didn’t know what a falsetto was. This song was on the first tape ...

The young mariachi — a trumpeter whose powerful vibrato bounds effortlessly from his wiry frame — isn't the star of this opera. He blends into the arc of strings and brass and midnight blue, bejeweled ...

The majority female mariachi band works to keep its sound authentic in hopes future generations will carry on the tradition. The majority female mariachi band works to keep its sound authentic in ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A blast of festive trumpet flourishes and guitarrón bass breaks the solemn hush of Mass on a torrid August desert morning. Decked out in gold-embroidered suits, nine musicians ...

The vibrant sound of mariachi music is a staple of weddings, quinceañeras and the Grandview High School band room. So popular that it had to be split up into two daily classes a day, the mariachi ...