Tejano music
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Tejano music, also known as Tex-Mex music, is a popular music style fusing American and Mexican influences. Its evolution began in northern Mexico.
“Music of the Plains” (mural study, Kilgore, Texas Post Office, 1939) by Xavier Gonzalez. This New Deal-era artwork features a cowboy of Mexican heritage serenading a woman, symbolizing the deep Hispanic cultural roots in Kilgore's identity. The original study is housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Lydia Mendoza was a singer and songwriter of traditional Mexican music.
Johnny Rodriguez achieved fame in the 1970s with hit songs like "Pass Me By" and "Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico."
Elida Reyna
Flaco Jiménez
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Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez was an American singer-songwriter and accordionist from San Antonio, Texas. The nickname 'Flaco' means 'skinny'. He is known for having played conjunto, norteño and tejano. Ji
Jiménez at Old Settlers Music Festival in 2022
Jiménez on stage at Farnham, U.K., 1985 (on tour with Peter Rowan)
Jiménez and Baca, 2013