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By Renée Saldaña, NewsTaco The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has teamed up with photographic artist Robert Weingarten to have one noteworthy historical figure’s portrait uniquely immortalized in the museum. […]

By Oscar Barajas, NewsTaco Last week Adam Yauch died after his battle with cancer. Unless you have been living under a rock since 1987, you would know that he was […]

By Susna G. Baumann, Voxxi In a male-dominated occupation, Maestra Sonia Marie De Léon de Vega not only has achieved distinction and admiration as a female symphony conductor and music […]

I heard these guys last year – they opened for Los Lobos on a cool summer evening (I know, a rarity in San Antonio) at Plaza Guadalupe. They’re called Bombasta, […]

Before seeing them at South By Southwest, I’d heard a lot about the Bay Area duo Los Rakas, but never had a chance to give them a listen.  After witnessing […]

One of the best parts of SXSW Music is getting to see bands that come to Austin from distant parts of the world, some of which are visiting the U.S. […]

Latinas are so often filtered through the media’s racist and narrow lens. According to the TV, we are sexy, spicy, angry, submissive, and/or really skilled at cleaning. Sometimes we wear […]

For anyone who loves music and discovering new bands, the South By Southwest Music festival is like a little paradise in Austin.  For six days, thousands of musicians from all […]

By Wuicho Vargas Selena Quintanilla-Perez was, and will still be, our Queen of Tejas, our beautiful flower of Corpus Christi. It is March already, and along with the arrival of […]

When it comes to independent music out of Latin America, Chile has been churning out so many bright, young artists with incredible talent, that at times it seems completely disproportional for a […]