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Dubbed “La Alondra de la Frontera,” singer Lydia Mendoza was an early on legend of Tejano music. Created Might 21, 1916, in Houston, TX, she was the merchandise of the musical family members; she performed with her parents and sister Francisca in an organization, La Familia Mendoza, which discovered success …

Created in 1944, Santiago Jimenez Jr. was a vocalist and accordionist whose dad made a substantial contribution towards the conjunto instrumental design. Conjunto, the accordion-based sociable music of Mexico and South Tx, was a method rooted in custom. While his sibling Flaco Jimenez combined its audio with modern affects like …

The norteño trio Los Pinguinos del Norte features accordionist/vocalist Ruben Castillo Juarez, referred to as “el Pinguino mayor” (the top/senior penguin). They made an appearance in the middle-’70s documentary Chulas Fronteras, and so are hosts of the long-running every week radio system on Piedras Negras XEMU. They 1st documented for …