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 ...

Banda music, whose name literally translates to “band,” stands as one of the most vibrant pillars of Regional Mexican musical tradition. Its roots trace back to the early twentieth‑century coastal ...

The album features Alejandro Fernández, Edén Muñoz, Banda El Recodo and more. By Tere Aguilera The voice of the late Mexican music icon Vicente Fernández resonates once again, this time alongside ...

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.