Tejano Conjunto Festival – Feature Reports

Gilberto García Jr. (derecha). Foto: María Eraña/Radio Bilingüe

Feature Report: Heirs of Tejano Conjunto Musicians Honor Family Tradition

Some well-known performers of tejano conjunto music have disappeared from the stage, and the airwaves but their legends, memories, and sometimes even their sound, live on in their children or in younger generations who follow their footsteps.

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La señora Alma Garza, legendaria promotora y difusora de la música texana, se recordará siempre con cariño en Radio Bilingüe, donde hizo uso del micrófono por décadas. Foto: Radio Bilingüe.

Feature Report: Posthumous Homage to Two Great Voices of Tejano Conjunto Music

Two outstanding voices of tejano conjunto music were posthumously inducted into the Tejano Conjunto Hall of Fame in San Antonio, Texas, which celebrates those that have left an indelible mark on this tradition. The two inductees posthumously recognized this year were super star singer Emilio Navaira, and Radio Bilingüe’s own Alma Garza, who for thirty years shared the best of border accordion music with public radio listeners nationwide through Radio Bilingüe’s Onda Tejana program. Zaidee Stavely prepared this profile of these two voices that are recorded forever in the history of Tejano Music.

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Raulito Navaira Felipe Perez y Samuel Ramos. en el estudio de Texas Public Radio en San Antonio, Texas,

Feature Report: Maestros of Border Music Inducted into Texas Conjunto Music Hall of Fame

This year, two veteran maestros were inducted into the Tejano Conjunto Hall of Fame: the legendary accordionist Felipe Pérez of Corpus Christi, and the renowned singer-songwriter Samuel Ramos of the Rio Grande Valley. Zaidee Stavely profiles these new inductees.

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La cantante y acordeonista, Veronique Medrano, en la edición 2018 del Festival de Música de Conjunto Tejano en el Centro Cultural Guadalupe de San Antonio, Texas.

Feature Report: Women Shine at Tejano Conjunto Festival

Although Tejano Conjunto music and its most distinctive instrument, the accordion, have long been dominated by men, many women are changing the face and the sound of this genre. Zaidee Stavely reports on some of the female artists that are making their mark on this popular border music genre.

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Juan Tejeda, cofundador del del Festival de Conjunto Tejano. Foto: Guadalupe cultural Center.

Feature Report: Tejano Conjunto Music Flourishes at San Antonio Festival

For three days, San Antonio, Texas, became the capital of “Tejano Conjunto” music, with performances by some 30 accordion groups. Rubén Tapia prepared this feature report about the history and some of the most outstanding moments of this 37-year-old festival.

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