San Antonio has long been recognized as the world capital of Tejano music. But in recent years Corpus Christi, where the roots of the influential Kumbia Kings are, has evolved into the bright-shining ...

Since his earliest days using his songwriting ability and diverse array of musical chops to help propel his younger sister Selena to the certified reina status she was born to achieve, A.B.

In Spanish, the word for soap opera is telenovela. And as anyone with even a limited knowledge of the Latin music scene knows, the eight years of Corpus Christi's Kumbia Kings has been full of drama ...

SAN ANTONIO — If you're looking to show off your dance moves, a popular cumbia-pop group is set to play a show in the Alamo City next month. A.B. Quintanilla III, the older brother of late Tejano ...

Oeuvres, Champagne, and Cumbias? Last night’s listening party sponsored by Zune for A.B. Quintanilla’s new album, Planeta Kumbia, was something of a swanky media circus. The event—held within the ...

To judge the degree of influence wielded by Kumbia Kings, one need only look at the numbers. Earlier this year, the Texas-based band had simultaneously two albums on the Billboard Top Latin Albums ...

To think, a year ago we were all binge-watching “The Queen’s Gambit” on Netflix and dreaming of the return of live music to downtown’s Rialto Theatre and Hotel Congress. Dreams do come true. On ...

In typical Fiesta fashion, there were reunions over the weekend as party crowds and entertainers gathered across the city. One of the meet-ups was between Chris Perez and his former Kumbia Kings All ...

The Tejano music scene is remembering Noe "Gipper" Nieto, a Kumbia Kings veteran who died after a two-week battle with COVID-19. Nieto, or "Gip," as friends like A.B. Quintanilla and Chris Perez call ...

Urban/Tejano pop fusionists the Kumbia All-Starz will kick off their US tour in Odessa, Texas May 4, to be followed by dates in Arizona, Colorado and Minnesota. By Ayala Ben-Yehuda Urban/Tejano pop ...

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Juarez, Mexico, is kicking off a nearly monthlong party on June 9 with the start of Feria Juarez 2022. The fair this year features internationally known entertainers ...