MEXICO CITY (AP) – Banda music is the soundtrack of modern Mexico, with its thumping polka beat and trumpets blasting everywhere from rural fairs to working-class Mexico City weddings. And it's ...

The regional Mexican music world was shaken when Banda MS confirmed the death of one of its musicians, pianist Gerson Leos. The group announced the loss through its official social media accounts, ...

The group that originated banda music and that has been around for over half a century, is coming to town this weekend. Banda El Recodo will bring the Pima County Fair to a close with a concert on ...

It's not exactly how one might expect a Grammy winner to describe his happy, pan-Latino dance music - unless he sings under a three-ring big top with fire eaters, lions and clowns. That doesn't apply ...

PICO RIVERA, Calif. (KABC) -- Banda Las Angelinas is a rare breed in Banda music, a Mexican Regional music genre. In the industry, it's predominately male-driven and this band is challenging that norm ...

Along both sides of the Texas-Mexico border region, accordion-based conjunto, norteño and Tejano rules the airwaves and serves as a reminder of the cultural cross-pollination that resulted when the ...

As a 26-year-old communications student at Washington State University with a deep passion for music, entertainment and writing, I have always been fascinated by the world of regional Mexican music.

As a child, Lucius Chiccio Banda had little interest in music - he spent his days playing football instead. But Banda's older brother coaxed him to join a church band, setting him on a path to become ...