Do you know that feeling when a song moves you so much, you just feel like you have to add your own voice? Mexican culture has an answer to that: a cathartic, joyous yell called a grito. Legendary ...

Portillo sang a cover of Mexican composer and singer Juan Gabriel’s "Amor Eterno". The song gained recognition through ...

Our occasional series, "What's in a Song" continues this week with the story of how Mariachi music is inspiring a group of high school immigrants from the Mexican state of Michoacan. From NPR News, ...

The latest Google Doodle celebrates the musical genre of mariachi—an important element of Mexico's cultural heritage. The Doodle marks the anniversary of the week that UNESCO inscribed mariachi on its ...

This Spring Sing, Mariachi de Uclatlán is having its own superbloom. The annual tradition will take place on Friday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center and fourth-year ethnomusicology student Saveena ...

It's clear you've got a bad case of Spurs fever when you believe the world needs to hear you sing about the team. Fan songs aren't new, but most are written and performed by a local entertainer with ...

Mariachi, a soundtrack for celebration in Mexico, offers a way for couples to honor their heritage at their weddings. By Mekita Rivas Weddings are steeped in tradition, but where did those traditions ...

With trumpets, strings and serenades, their music traces the arc of life. It often accompanies moments of jubilation, but it can also speak to a community’s profound sorrow. By Rick Rojas Video by ...

Wearing bright red trajes with white embroidery and the traditional Mexican sombrero, the Mariachi De Los Texas Rangers fills the air at Globe Life Field with warm guitar strumming. Except the group ...

As a child growing up in Mexico City, Juanita Ulloa started learning ranchera standards listening to patrons joyously joining in with the musicians performing next door at Caballo Bayo, a famous ...

The grito is a spontaneous burst of emotion — a shout — that is part of the mariachi tradition. Some younger Mexican-Americans are reclaiming... In Mariachi Music, A Distinctive Yell Speaks To The ...