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Rebecca Gonzales was a trailblazer as first woman to play with a high-profile, all-male mariachi in the 70s. Her oral history is now available to the public at UCLA, one year after her death. Why it ...

Children as young as 5 years old attend the Davis Mariachi Summer Camp, some fumbling with the bulky instruments, others handling the instruments as if they were born to play them. Jaime Valenzuela, ...

LOS ANGELES – Crystal Hernández steadies her violin and scans the crowd from the sixth floor of SoFi Stadium as 70,000 fans stream into a Los Angeles Rams home game. Below her, blue-and-gold jerseys ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Plaza Mariachi has said they are staying put. The family-run cultural and entertainment center has been in bankruptcy and faced the threat of foreclosure. The soon-to-be new ...

South Nashville's Plaza Mariachi is being sold for $13.45 million amid its owner's legal issues. Owner Mark Jankhanbash was convicted of federal fraud charges and faces up to 30 years in prison. The ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The CEO of Plaza Mariachi provided an update after filing for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection more than a year ago. In July 2024, CEO Mark Janbakhsh announced the ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. While growing up in Chicago during the '90s, Cesar Maldonado listened to blues, rock and hip-hop.

As professional athletes grunted on the football field below, a group of 10 musicians blared into trumpets, sang proudly and glided bows across violin strings. Instead of helmets and shoulder pads, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — For members of Mariachi Cielo Azul, a mariachi ensemble of current and former students of the University of Texas at Austin, mariachi is not just a genre of music – it is a passion and ...

PHOENIX — Arizona State University’s mariachi ensemble meets every week, bringing together community members and students as they connect with their roots and Hispanic culture. The university has two ...

SAN ANTONIO – Student mariachi groups from across the San Antonio area will come together Saturday to celebrate culture, heritage, and music. The annual Diez y Seis Mariachi Festival has been hosted ...