Around 1930, a highly popular and distinctive type of accordion music, commonly known as conjunto, emerged among Texas-Mexicans. Manuel Peña's The Texas-Mexica

Pena traces the history of musica tejana from the fandangos and bailes of the nineteenth century through the cancion ranchera and the politically informed corri

Between Norteño and Tejano Conjunto analyzes the origin, evolution, and dissemination of Norteño and Tejano Conjunto, as part of a regional-transnational iden

South Texas music roots - self-taught musicians playing music.