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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.08.25 FLACO JIMENEZ

Flaco Jimenez: A South Texas Music Legend Flaco Jiménez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio, passed away on July 31, 2025, at the age of 86.  Over a remarkable seven-decade career, he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Flaco Jiménez, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

August 8, 2025 by wpengine

LATINOPIA MUSIC FLACO JIMENEZ STYLINGS

Flaco Jimenez is perhaps the best known Conjunto music accordionist in the world. He has performed with Ry Cooder, Freddy Fender, Los Lobos, The Rolling Stones and many other groups. The Hohner … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music Tagged With: Conjunto Music, Flaco Jiménez, Tex Mex Music

May 14, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA MUSIC FLACO JIMÉNEZ “MY START”

Legendary accordionist and Tex Mex music icon Flaco Jiménez grew up listening to the music of his father, Santiago Sr. and of his grandfather, Don Patricio Jiménez. The lives of three generations of  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA MUSIC, Music Tagged With: Conjunto Music, Flaco Jiménez, history of the conjunto, Patricio Jiménez, Santiago Jiménez Sr., Tex Mex Music

May 20, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 08.08.25

THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA:SE NOS FUÉ EL FLACO! RICARDO ROMO ON FLACO JIMENEZ LEGACY, BOBBI MURRAY ON THE LATEST COURT VICTORIES, LATINOPIA VIDEOS FLACO MUSICAL STYLINGS AND FLACO ON "HOW I GOT MY … [Read more...]

Filed Under: THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA, Tia Tenopia Tagged With: Flaco Jiménez, This week on Latinopia, Tia Tenopia

August 8, 2025 by wpengine

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 09.17.22 FLACO JIMENEZ MUSIC VIRTUOSO

Flaco Jimenez: A South Texas Music Virtuoso Flaco Jimenez’s music journey has been as imposing as a Texas Tornado, as sizzling as a Super Seven Texas sun, and as dramatic as a rocking Rolling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report Tagged With: Flaco Jiménez, Ricardo Romo, Ricardo Romo's Tejano Report

September 16, 2022 by wpengine

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 10.31.25 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS WITH CALAVERA POEMS

October 31, 2025 By wpengine

All Souls Day—El Día de los Muertos—is a sacred and joyful celebration deeply rooted in Mexican and Mexican American culture.  Observed this coming Sunday on November 2nd, it is a time when families gather to honor and remember their departed loved ones, not with sorrow, but with vibrant altars, marigolds, candles, and offerings of food, […]

SAL BALDENEGRO’S POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS 10.31.25

October 31, 2025 By wpengine

The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact. Henry A. Wallace, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Vice President (1941–45) and Goodwill Ambassador to Latin America In over 2,700 marches and rallies throughout the country, more than seven million Americans participated in the recent “No Kings” events, the largest protest event […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.31.25 EVA MARENGO SANCHEZ IN CHEECH’S SOY DE TEJAS SHOW

October 31, 2025 By wpengine

Eva Marengo Sanchez, a native of San Antonio, is one of 38 Tejano artists in the Chicano exhibit, Soy de Tejas: A Statewide Survey of Latinx Art, at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture. The exhibit features more than 100 artworks spanning painting, sculpture, photography, fiber, video, and installation. San Antonio, Texas, […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 10.23.25

October 23, 2025 By wpengine

Gladys Roldan de Moras: A National Award-Winning Mexican and Western Art Painter Gladys Roldan de Moras is La Reina [Queen] of American Western art.   Since entering Western art shows, she has become the first Latina inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.  She is also the first woman and Latina to win […]

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By Tia Tenopia on October 20, 2013

Sonia Romero is a graphic artist,muralist and print maker. In this second profile on Sonia and her work, Latinopia explores Sonia’s public murals, in particular the “Urban Oasis” mural at the MacArthur Park Metro Station in Los Angeles, California.

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LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “PACHUCO PORTFOLIO”

By Tia Tenopia on June 12, 2011

José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and activist who has been in the forefront of the Chicano art movement. One of his most celebrated poems is titled “Pachuco Portfolio” which pays homage to the iconic and enduring character of El Pachuco, the 1940s  Mexican American youth who dressed in the stylish Zoot Suit.

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By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

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