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 ...

The beach city of Mazatlán, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, has long been associated with music — and it is successfully pushing back against noise complaints looking to silence it. Renowned as “the ...

Sergio Lizárraga's Banda MS is set to delight banda sinaloense fans, with its romantic ballads and boot-spinning zapateadas, when it hits the Footprint Center stage on Friday. The group was formed in ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...