"No one has done anything like this before," said JOP of the lineup featuring Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Saweetie, and Snow tha ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Banda music is the soundtrack of modern Mexico, with its thumping polka beat and trumpets blasting everywhere from rural fairs to working-class Mexico City weddings. And it's ...

But there’s one musical genre Laferte had yet to tackle until now: banda, the celebratory style originated in the Mexican ...

The tuba mania in Southern California has subsided somewhat, yet the big horn’s journey reflects the liberation so many Mexican immigrants felt in the U.S.

The band's founder, Sergio Lizárraga, reflects on transcending expectations (and ruling the Latin charts) in a world where regional Mexican music doesn't always get its due. By Leila Cobo Chief ...

As a child, Lucius Chiccio Banda had little interest in music - he spent his days playing football instead. But Banda's older brother coaxed him to join a church band, setting him on a path to become ...

Iconic regional Mexican group Banda El Recodo has renewed their recording contract with Universal Music Latin Entertainment. Founded 75 years ago, the group recently signed on to continue making… By ...

As a 26-year-old communications student at Washington State University with a deep passion for music, entertainment and writing, I have always been fascinated by the world of regional Mexican music.

Along both sides of the Texas-Mexico border region, accordion-based conjunto, norteño and Tejano rules the airwaves and serves as a reminder of the cultural cross-pollination that resulted when the ...

While the sounds of industry now reign during daytime, Manila's Pandacan district still holds on to its musical soul MANILA, Philippines – If you take a shortcut through the gritty side streets of ...