On the streets of downtown San Antonio this weekend, thousands of young musicians and the sounds of mariachi music. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) NADWORNY: It's called the Mariachi Extravaganza, and it's the ...

Mariachi Extravaganza kicked off its festival on Thursday with the National Vocal Competition Semifinals at the Lila Cockrell ...

High school is full of competition - sports, debate teams and mathletes. But did you know that throughout Texas, there are schools that offer competitive mariachi? (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) FADEL: ...

It's not every day that a mariachi band gets to play Coachella, Lollapalooza or the Newport Folk Festival, but that's what happened with Mariachi Flor de Toloache, the all-women mariachi band that ...

The largest mariachi music festival in the United States took place this summer at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The 33rd annual MARIACHI USA centered a genre that's rooted in folk traditions and ...

Punk Rock and Mariachi are unlikely bedmates in the second album by Mariachi El Bronx, the LA band who donned sombreros and trumpets rather than do an insipid acoustic version of their Hardcore ...

Mariachi is growing in popularity in the United States. In the last decade, at least 10 colleges and universities have started offering degrees in the traditional Mexican folk music - the latest, ...

David Fitzsimmons’ Arroyo Café is open for business this weekend, but this time, instead of political jabs at politicians local, state and national, the comedy troupe is serving up Tucson. On Sunday, ...

Tomorrow night, Veronica Robles and her mariachi ensemble perform at Symphony Hall for the first Día de los Muertos, the day of the dead, concert. In 2018, Robles founded Boston's first all-female ...

Imagine yourself on a 1980s BMW motorcycle headed through South America, ready to take on any adventure that leaps out at you in the most “Indiana Jones” way possible. Now, imagine the soundtrack to ...

Responding to "exploding" demand, a college in Denver now offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mariachi music. Students learn music and culture, but also business skills to build viable careers.