This Week in Texas Music History November 28, 2011 5:00 am by: Haley Howle This Week In Texas Music History, we’ll celebrate one of the pioneers of chicano blues. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Randy Garibay was born in San Anto...
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Music memorial inductee mastered American, Mexican and German genres By Juan Castillo | Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 03:24 PM The newest class of musical icons to be inducted Friday to the Austin Music Memorial includes a surname familiar to Tejano music fans. Ramon Guerrero Donley, who died in 1963, was a highly sought-after bandleader and violinist whose orquesta specialized in Mexi...
ACCOMAC — The new rector of historic St. George’s Episcopal Parish traveled far in both space and time to become spiritual advisor to its two congregations, St. George’s in Pungoteague and St. James’ in Accomac. The Rev. Cameron Randle and the parish on Sunday will celebrate the new ministry at a special service at St. James with the Bishop of Southern Virginia, ...
San Benito celebrates with free concert SAN BENITO, Nov 23, 2011 (Valley Morning Star – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) – The city that promotes itself as the birthplace of conjunto music will stage its biggest concert in its history Friday and Saturday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its incorporation, organizers said Wednesday. The two-day San Ben...
Los Hermanos Farias are singing those bricklayer blues. Accordionist David Farias of Los TexManiacs and his older brothers Joe and Juan have revived their childhood conjunto family act and have a new single, Valerio Longoria’s “Los Albañiles” (the bricklayers). Joe Farias, 56, plays bajo sexto and is the brother who taught his famous siblings (at one time all were involved w...
slideshow Don’t call it a comeback, but Hoboken resident Roger Ortega hopes to perform as a part of the radio station Z100’s largest annual concert – Jingleball. Before he gets there, however, he needs some help. Ortega, 37, has entered a contest that allows artists to compete for the opportunity to sing at Z100’s All Access Lounge at Hammerstein Ballroom before the main concer...
McALLEN — Freddy Fender’s song “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” has landed in the Grammy Hall of Fame’s class of 2012, which includes recordings by other musical legends ranging from Bruce Springsteen to The Rolling Stones. Fender, a San Benito native whose mustachioed face has been painted on that city’s water tower beside Expressway 83, included the song on his classic 197...
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