I don’t remember a time before Flaco. It seems like he was always there, the humble hero who took San Antonio conjunto music and its West Side heart and soul around the world. When I got word that he ...

Photo of Willie Nelson, Freddy Fender, Augie Myers, Doug Sahm and Flaco Jimenez backstage at Farm Aid on Oct. 12, 1996. (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns) (Ebet Roberts, Getty Images) SAN ANTONIO – ...

Over a career that spanned 70 years, Jimenez's playing came to define Tex-Mex music and carried the tradition-drenched conjunto sound all over the world and across genres. Sponsor Message : ...

The master of the Tex-Mex accordion Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez, whose tradition-drenched sound came to define conjunto or Tejano music of South Texas, has died. Throughout a career that spanned more ...

Believe it or not, there are people on this planet who’ve never heard of San Antonio music legend Flaco Jiménez. Fernanda Ulíbarri, who fronts the East Los Angeles-based all-female Latin act the ...

When any musician dies—especially one who was influential with a decade-spanning career—there is naturally a spike of interest in their recordings. And particularly among casual fans. Well, streaming ...

This is American Routes, remembering Flaco Jiménez, who passed away in July. Leonard “Flaco” Jiménez was the most influential Texas-Mexican accordion player of his time. Flaco’s father Santiago ...