Accordion is the Tex and the bajo sexto is the Mex. J. B. Sauceda (voice-over): Hey, and welcome to another episode of Viva Tejano, a Texas Monthly podcast about tejano music, told by the people ...

This week’s guest on Viva Tejano, Eva Ybarra, is a luminary in conjunto music, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who’s been playing the accordion for seven decades. For all her talent, ...

Tejano music legend Johnny Canales ... Mexican singer, composer, and accordion player, Ramón Ayala, also posted on his Instagram account a photo of Canales describing him as a pioneer who ...

The accordion is used in many forms of music popular in Texas and Mexico including tejano, conjunto and norteno. German immigrants brought the instrument to the region in the 1800's, and it was ...