This week’s guest on Viva Tejano, Dusty Oliveira—who DJs as El Dusty—helped lead the revival and reinvention of cumbia, most notably with his 2018 debut album, Cumbia City. His influences, and his ...

A push against tradition is what catapulted Tejano music to its creative and commercial peak in the '90s. Selena and La Mafia became international superstars by incorporating pop and R&B into the mix.

NORTEÑO-Tejano fusion has heated up so quickly that sound-alike groups are creating some confusion. But even though its sound and name bear an uncanny resemblance to those of Grupo Control, La ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonians hopping into their cars can now dial into a familiar sound. The radio waves have never sounded so nostalgic for fans of polkas, cumbias or conjunto beats thanks to the new ...

When I heard someone on NPR say cumbia was “the musical backbone of Latin America,” I almost crashed my car into a light post. “You wish!” I thought. Then, after veering out of trouble and cooling off ...

A PRODUCER'S toughest job is capturing an artist's true musical vision. The challenge is doubly hard, and even risky, when the artist is also the producer, as in the case of Bobby Pulido. "It's really ...

Lead singer Sylvia Paola Ortiz, 28, and musical director Christian Ortiz, 29, right, of the cumbia group Sabor Puro, perform inside La Pesca Market on Jefferson Boulevard in Dallas, on Sunday, Jan. 15 ...

Casa De Luna hosted their third annual Cumbia Fest on Saturday evening at their location at 1501 E. Red River St. in Victoria. This was the group’s first event after moving from downtown two months ...

Two new albums from Tejano icon Selena are on the way, according to her father Abraham Quintanilla. The first project will include 13 songs with "completely new arrangements" by AB Quintanilla III, ...