Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flaco Jiménez accepts the Lifetime Achievement for Instrumentalist Award in 2014 during the Americana Music Honors and Awards show ...

SAN ANTONIO – Flaco Jimenez, a towering figure in Tejano music whose innovative accordion playing and collaborative spirit left an indelible mark on Tex-Mex culture, has died, his family announced ...

Famed Tejano singer-songwriter and master accordionist Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez has died. He was 86. Jiménez's family shared the news of the musician's death on his official Facebook page Thursday ...

Accordian player Flaco Jimenez performs live on stage at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 19th July 1987 (Frans Schellekens/Redferns) Leonardo ‘Flaco’ Jiménez, legendary Mexican American ...

graduated from TAMUCC in 2019 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, with an emphasis on Media Production. Myra and the KRIS 6 Digital Team recently won an Edward Murrow Award in May 2024. Flaco ...

From conjunto to country, rock, world music and back, Flaco Jimenez made music for more than 60 years. Where should newcomers start listening? It’s not that easy to say. According to the online music ...

HOUSTON Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano and Tex-Mex music, died Thursday. He was 86. Jimenez’s ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Grammy award-winning conjunto icon Flaco Jimenez died Thursday night, his family reported on his Facebook page. He was 86. The San Antonio-born accordionist died surrounded by ...

The accordionist commands the stage, his eyes staring off as if in a trance, his fingers trilling out the opening notes of a tune. It’s a long, sinuous riff, one so intoxicating that the audience in ...