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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Though she perished in a plane crash in 2012, Jenni Rivera is still changing the face of Mexican music. As the first genuine female superstar to emerge out of Mexico’s century-old banda genre, Rivera ...

With artists like Peso Pluma and Fuerza Regida dominating the charts, we explain the different subgenres that fall under regional Mexican music. By Tere Aguilera Regional Mexican music is dominating ...

With its tuba-driven bass and funky brass trumpets and trombones, banda music lends itself to sampling as well as anything from George Clinton or James Brown’s catalog, a point that L.A. hip-hop duo ...

Iconic regional Mexican group Banda El Recodo has renewed their recording contract with Universal Music Latin Entertainment. Founded 75 years ago, the group recently signed on to continue making… By ...

Looking for some live entertainment this weekend? Here are my picks for the latest can't-miss live performances in the Coachella Valley and surrounding communities. Mexican: Since 2003, Banda MS has ...

Mexican music group Banda MS, also known as Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga, will delight the stage with its large brass and drum instrument ensemble on June 16 at Acrisure Arena. The tour “MS 20 Años" ...