Photo: Stevo Rood On Friday night, Billy Strings pulled into the Chicago area for the latest stop on his ongoing Spring Tour.

MVHS’s student body is roughly 60% Hispanic; as such, Rivera stressed the importance of culturally relevant arts programs. MVHS teaches not just Mexican dance (folklorico) but mariachi music, a genre ...

The vibrant sounds of string and brass instruments ... that came in and brought the violins and guitars. Then, the Mexican culture took it, adapted it, and started making their own music.” Paredes ...

A new music video has premiered for Bruce Springsteen’s mariachi-influenced archival track “Adelita,” featuring serene ...

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Notable tracks on the set include the riveting punk tune “Segundo Intento,” the flirty pop track “Sentimiento Natural” in collaboration with Myke Towers, and the heartfelt ballad “Hoy Es Tu Cumpleaños ...

Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado, Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, Alvvays’ Molly Rankin, the War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel, and many ...

Professional youth mariachi groups are rare in Oregon, a point of pride for the young musicians. The group’s members casually drop Gen Z slang into conversation during their weekly rehearsals and band ...

"There's been a growing resurgence in mariachi music and culture in our region," said Adam Scow, music teacher and co-founder of Mariachi Libertad, one of the other groups performing. "More kids are ...

The characteristic mariachi guitars that form the rhythm section are the small vihuela and the large bass guitar or guitarron. The string section is expanded by violins and sometimes a harp.

and mariachi is a music club for after school hours. Carlos Sifuentes plays the five-string vihuela. CARLOS SIFUENTES: We like to explain it to people as a bigger ukulele or as a guitar without ...

MORGAN: Orchestra and choir programs there are music electives, and mariachi is a music club for after school hours. Carlos Sifuentes plays the five-string vihuela. CARLOS SIFUENTES: We like to ...