LOS ANGELES -- For fifth generation musician Jose Hernandez, mariachi is more than the music of his motherland Mexico. It is ingrained in his heart and something he needs to listen to or do everyday.

Student mariachi groups will compete Saturday for the chance to open for Grammy-nominated Mariachi Sol de Mexico at Festival ...

After two mariachi programs in local schools dissolved, educator James Leger found a way to keep the music playing.

When you hear that first strum of a guitar and the trumpets start to blare, you know exactly what’s coming — mariachi. It’s ...

The students in Battle Mountain High School’s music program don’t get to wear sombreros or ornate matching suits in class, but at least they can play guitar like a Mariachi. Only six months ago, that ...

Mariachi, the heartbeat of Mexico, with the strums of the guitar, and the melodies floating in the air, one can feel the music that interweaves with the rich cultural heritage. “These are folk songs ...

Ask a Latina about her ethnicity and you’re likely to get a complicated answer. Products of colonialism, most of us are mestizas, combinations of indigenous and European origin. It’s a culture with ...