This week’s guest on Viva Tejano, Eva Ybarra, is a luminary in conjunto music, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who’s been playing the accordion for seven decades. For all her talent, though, she’s ...

Could tejano music have picked a more jovial, warmhearted ambassador? Leonard “Flaco” Jiménez, who died Thursday at the age of 86, was something more than simply a master accordion player and an ...

Flaco Jiménez, the legendary accordion player who was perhaps the foremost ambassador for regional Tejano music in the 20th century, died at 86 on July 31st. According to a statement, Jiménez died ...

Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano, and Tex-Mex music, died Thursday. Flaco Jimenez, the legendary ...

Famed Tejano singer-songwriter and master accordionist Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez has died. He was 86. Jiménez’s family shared the news of the musician’s death on his official Facebook page Thursday ...

Known as "Hollywood" to his family, J.R. Gomez is the harbinger of a new era in Tejano music, innovating conjunto with an accordion in hand. Gomez won Best New Male Artist at the 40th Annual Tejano ...

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As a fan of Tejano and conjunto music, Luis Lopez knows how accordionists stand when they’re playing, and it was important to him that his new public art piece capture that. “You know how when someone ...

The Tex-Mex accordion legend’s family announced his death in a July 31 social media post. “He was surrounded by his loved ones and will be missed immensely,” Jiménez’s family wrote. “Thank you to all ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano and Tex-Mex music, died Thursday. He was 86.