An all-female mariachi band from Los Angeles has ... That's the beauty of mariachi music," Martinez said. Martinez led a song-making workshop at a male correctional facility through the Alliance ...

Jessie Vallejo, the director of Mariachi Ensembles at Cal Poly Pomona’s music department, said mixed gendered and female groups are seen more often at smaller venues. As for headliners and ...

so the Second Annual Phoenix Mariachi and Folklorico Festival will feature an all-female cast. We will feature talented women in music and dance, including two all-female mariachis,” said ...

Laughter and music fill the back room at Acordeonate ... Las Dahlias is an all-female mariachi group. Their practices are more than rehearsals – they are a statement of empowerment.

Since its inception the genre of Mariachi Music and its groups have been dominated by men. That is until women started taking on more of a role, even establishing their own all-female groups.

A music collaboration born in Los Angeles has now gone viral. Rapper Kendrick Lamar selected local Mariachi singer Deyra Barrera, 49, for his latest album "GNX." Stream Los Angeles News for free ...

Part academic treatise and part how-to guide, her book has already been adopted in music programs that teach mariachi singing. Focusing in particular on the oft-neglected female role in mariachi ...

Ten-year-old Carmencita dreams of being a mariachi singer and one day joining in performance ... When Carmencita’s teacher offers her a book about a female mariachi, everything changes for ...