The original Broadway recording of “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Vicente Fernández’s enduring ranchera song “El Rey” and Freddy Fender’s breakthrough song “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” have ...

Latin music has evolved from deeply rooted folk traditions to a global cultural force, shaping identities and breaking barriers. From José Alfredo Jiménez’s rancheras to salsa’s New York explosion and ...

Not only did Paquita la del Barrio blaze a trail for women in música mexicana, she also rallied against the misogyny that ran rampant in the genre from the moment she stepped onto the music scene. For ...

"She left us peacefully and surrounded by so much love," wrote her daughter Mimí from the group Flans.

In the late 1990s, right around the time The Summit was being renamed as Compaq Center, my high school sweetheart purchased concert tickets for us to attend a concert there by Alejandro Fernandez. We ...

Translations by J.D. Robb and Peter Hurd. FW-ASCH-7RR-2792 corresponds exactly to a Folkways recording: Peter Hurd sings Ranchera Songs - Spanish Folksongs of New Mexico. (FW02204). Per the abstract ...