MEXICO CITY (AP) – Banda music is the soundtrack of modern Mexico, with its thumping polka beat and trumpets blasting everywhere from rural fairs to working-class Mexico City weddings. And it's ...

The regional Mexican music world was shaken when Banda MS confirmed the death of one of its musicians, pianist Gerson Leos.

With artists like Peso Pluma and Fuerza Regida dominating the charts, we explain the different subgenres that fall under regional Mexican music. By Tere Aguilera Regional Mexican music is dominating ...

Not many bands can say they've been making music for 75 years. But Banda el Recodo holds that distinction. The group was honored at the Billboard Mexican Music Awards with the Musical Legacy Award… By ...

The group that originated banda music and that has been around for over half a century, is coming to town this weekend. Banda El Recodo will bring the Pima County Fair to a close with a concert on ...

It's not exactly how one might expect a Grammy winner to describe his happy, pan-Latino dance music - unless he sings under a three-ring big top with fire eaters, lions and clowns. That doesn't apply ...

As a 26-year-old communications student at Washington State University with a deep passion for music, entertainment and writing, I have always been fascinated by the world of regional Mexican music.