As promised last year, the 2009 Tejano Music Convention will take place in Dallas Aug. 21-22 at the Hyatt Regency Reunion Hotel. The event features performances by Tejano and conjunto veterans Gary Hobbs, Ram Herrera, Jay Perez, Hometown Boys, Elida...
At Sunday afternoon's Tejano fan fair and expo, the final event of the 2008 Tejano Music National Convention at the Hyatt Regency, Dallas-based Conjunto Prestigio greeted fans, signed autographs and posed for pictures. They took the stage at Saturday's fan...
San Antonio-native Joe Posada, the saxophonist who merges jazz with old-school Tejano, was the man with the moxie Saturday night at the Dallas Convention Center. Onstage he was decked out in a dapper black suit, white shirt, pink tie and...
It's all about the image, baby. Take Los Garcia Brothers, the rhythmic conjunto quartet that played the Tejano music dance Saturday night at the Dallas Convention Center. These guys are always splashy in those colorful zoot suits, especially the bassist...
I'm not sure if fans are still calling her "Little Miss Dynamite," a nickname from early in her career, but the petite Shelly Lares remains a dynamo onstage. The San Antonio native is the complete package -- she can belt...
Tejano music isn't dead. It's just struggling, like just about any other genre of music these days. That was the gist gathered from "Tejano Music Today: State of the Industry," a seminar held Friday afternoon at the Hyatt Regency. It...
Yes, Tejano fans, as I reported here earlier this year, the Tejano Music Convention kicks off at the Dallas Convention Center Aug. 15 and runs through Aug. 17. There will be seminars, dance lessons, a fanfare and expo, classes teaching...
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