There was never a time when Los Caciques didn't want to put down those instruments.

Though Ramon Ponce can’t pinpoint when he started singing, his talent for it won him first place in a contest when he was five years old. This was decades ago in the capital city of Puebla, Mexico, ...

As a child growing up in Mexico City, Juanita Ulloa started learning ranchera standards listening to patrons joyously joining in with the musicians performing next door at Caballo Bayo, a famous ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- The beautiful sound of mariachi is heard all over SoCal! Every year mariachi musician Jóse Hernàndez holds a summer institute that brings kids from all over to learn and play ...

Valentin Gonzalez was just 7 years old when he picked up a vihuela for the first time to play the music that has run through his family’s veins for five generations. He learned mariachi from his ...

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 ...

Kevin Delgado, San Diego State University School of Music and Dance School director, knew exactly who to reach out to when he sought to add a mariachi class to the SDSU music program in 2024. His ...

APTOS — Last year, Cabrillo College hosted its first Mariachi Festival, showcasing the musical prowess of different age groups performing genres of music that are a vital part of Mexican culture. The ...

Mariachi music has deep, rich roots in Mexican culture — and a distinctly unique mark on the Fairbanks landscape after a West Valley High School student took a bold leap for a world music assignment a ...

A class at the Logan Heights Library is teaching students of all ages how to perform in a mariachi ensemble. KPBS education reporter Katie Anastas shares how the program is helping a father and ...