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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

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.07.26 GASPAR ENRIQUEZ AND SCHERESZADE GARCIA AT MITOTE IN AUSTIN

August 8, 2026 By wpengine

Friends of Gilberto Cardenas and Dolores Carillo Garcia gathered on July 11, 2026, at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin, Texas, for a special viewing of the exhibit, Mitote. The exhibit features selections from the Cardenas-Garcia extensive and iconic Chicano art collection. The Mitote exhibit paid tribute to Dr. Cárdenas. His […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 8.08/26 POBRE Y CON GARROTE

August 8, 2026 By wpengine

The Spanish saying “pobre y con garrote” carries a weight far beyond its few words. Literally, it translates to “poor and with a club,” but its meaning is richer, more human. It speaks of someone who may not have much in material wealth, yet carries themselves with dignity, courage, and a fierce determination to protect […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 07.31.26 FEMINISTS BEFORE THEIR TIMES

July 31, 2026 By wpengine

Feminists before their times… “A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.” — Marge Piercy    American poet, novelist As I traverse the twilight period of my life, I often find myself strolling down memory lane and thinking about how things have changed. That happened recently when three […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 7.31.26 – BRISCOE MUSEUM IN SAN ANTONIO OPENS NEW TEJANO EXHIBIT

July 31, 2026 By wpengine

On July 25, 2026, the Briscoe Museum in San Antonio opened the Tejano Legacy: Another American Origin Story exhibit coinciding with the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. The museum describes the exhibit as a landmark bilingual narrative that explores nearly four centuries of “Tejano history, culture, and identity and the enduring influence of Tejanos on […]

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LATINOPIA ART GASPAR ENRÍQUEZ 1 “RETROSPECTIVE”

By Tia Tenopia on May 4, 2014

Gaspar Enríquez is a renowned Chicano artist whose airbrush portraits of barrio youth are haunting and memorable. Drawing from museums and collectors around the United States, in April 2014, the El Paso Museum of Art mounted a retrospective of Gaspar’s art titled Metaphors of the Barrio. Latinopia visited the exhibit and asked Gaspar what inspires […]

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LATINOPIA FOOD “JALAPEÑO SODA BREAD” RECIPE

By Tia Tenopia on March 14, 2011

Jalapeño Irish Soda Bread The sweetness of traditional Irish soda bread ingredients—raisins, buttermilk, some sugar—are richly complimented by jalapeño heat. Here’s a soda bread recipe from Ireland brought to the USA from Galway by Mary Patricia Reilly Murray and later transformed  with her blessing by her daughter, Bobbi Murray, who added jalapeño chile.  A real […]

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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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