Do you know that feeling when a song moves you so much, you just feel like you have to add your own voice? Mexican culture has an answer to that: a cathartic, joyous yell called a grito. Legendary ...
Ruby Flores first heard mariachi as a young girl at a family party. Her aunt had just arrived in the U.S., and the family wanted to celebrate their Mexican roots. The music captivated her: the ...
SAN ANTONIO — Cue the grito! Mariachi music is playing louder than ever in 2021. Local groups tell KENS 5 their bookings have doubled from pre-pandemic numbers. This comes after COVID put a stop to ...
TAMU-CC’s Festival de Mariachi en la Isla is celebrating five years of music, heritage, and heart on campus. Rai Morales, Andrea Montalvo-Hamid, and members of Mariachi de la Isla joined First Edition ...
It’s late October, and much of Houston is transfixed on the first World Series game. The Astros have even infiltrated the Moores School of Music. Inside a cavernous rehearsal space, several students ...
The grito is a spontaneous burst of emotion — a shout — that is part of the mariachi tradition. Some younger Mexican-Americans are reclaiming... In Mariachi Music, A Distinctive Yell Speaks To The ...
Legendary Mexican performer Vicente Fernández, aka "Chente," performs the crazy tragic love song "Volver, Volver." "It's one of the most iconic mariachi songs of all time, performed by the most ...