MEXICO CITY (AP) – Banda music is the soundtrack of modern Mexico, with its thumping polka beat and trumpets blasting everywhere from rural fairs to working-class Mexico City weddings. And it's ...

The regional Mexican music world was shaken when Banda MS confirmed the death of one of its musicians, pianist Gerson Leos. The group announced the loss through its official social media accounts, ...

With artists like Peso Pluma and Fuerza Regida dominating the charts, we explain the different subgenres that fall under regional Mexican music. By Tere Aguilera Regional Mexican music is dominating ...

The group that originated banda music and that has been around for over half a century, is coming to town this weekend. Banda El Recodo will bring the Pima County Fair to a close with a concert on ...

Mexican stars Banda MS, known for their chart-topping hybrid of ranchera music with modern pop moves, have announced the dates for their “Con Todas Las Fuerzas Tour” and there will be an arena date in ...

It's not exactly how one might expect a Grammy winner to describe his happy, pan-Latino dance music - unless he sings under a three-ring big top with fire eaters, lions and clowns. That doesn't apply ...

Along both sides of the Texas-Mexico border region, accordion-based conjunto, norteño and Tejano rules the airwaves and serves as a reminder of the cultural cross-pollination that resulted when the ...

As a 26-year-old communications student at Washington State University with a deep passion for music, entertainment and writing, I have always been fascinated by the world of regional Mexican music.

As a child, Lucius Chiccio Banda had little interest in music - he spent his days playing football instead. But Banda's older brother coaxed him to join a church band, setting him on a path to become ...