Conjunto music star Flaco Jiménez has returned home after hospitalization in early January for an unspecified "medical hurdle." After friends of the San Antonio-born musician asked for prayers and ...

Jiménez has been inducted into the National Hispanic Hall of Fame, and is credited with bringing Tejano and conjunto music to a wider audience. His 1992 bilingual crossover album “Partners ...

The band combines Houston talent (including Torres) with musicians from Mexico, and blurs the distinction between conjunto and Tejano. Unlike traditional four-member conjunto bands, Lisa y ...

MORE: Conjunto legend celebrates 80th birthday That happy sound made Jiménez a big star in San Antonio. According to the liner notes for the Arhoolie Records compilation “Flaco’s First,” he ...

“We invite the public, both experienced artists and emerging artists and students, to enter their interpretations of conjunto ...

Growing out of norteño music and conjunto bands, Tex-Mex also incorporated the popular music found around its birthplace in Latino communities in Texas. An infectious dance music, it combines the ...

What Louie Armstrong was to jazz and New Orleans, Flaco Jiménez is to conjunto and San Antonio — the music’s great ambassador. It’s a role he was born to. RELATED: Conjunto legend Flaco ...