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The Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, who popularized the South Texas genre, worked with Bob Dylan, Linda Rondstadt, and ...
Over his decades-long career, Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez garnered six Grammy Awards and received a National Medal of Arts from ...
Best known for his song "Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio" ("Ay, I Leave You in San Antonio"), the accordionist also collaborated ...
Confined to bed in his final year, the conjunto great reflected on his family and why he played the way he did.
The San Antonio native took his three-row accordion and gave it modern twists, taking Tex-Mex conjunto music to the national ...
The death of Flaco Jiménez has drawn tributes from across the music world, as fans and artists honor the Grammy-winning ...
Conjunto, the accordion-driven music born near the Texas-Mexico border, was the Jimenez family business. Starting when he was ...
Born into a family of conjunto pioneers, Flaco Jimenez took his Hohner three-row button accordion from San Antonio to the ...
His “final curtain call.” That’s how the family of legendary conjunto artist Flaco Jimenez described his upcoming memorial ...
The event, available to the public, will take place Thursday, August 7 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Carver Community Center.
Leonardo ‘Flaco’ Jiménez, legendary Mexican American accordion player and singer-songwriter who expanded the reach and popularity of conjunto and tejano music and was also known for his ...