The accordion playing of Flaco Jimenez, seen here performing during the 2014 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., came to define contujo and ...

Leonardo 'Flaco' Jiménez, legendary Mexican American accordion player and singer-songwriter who expanded the reach and popularity of conjunto and tejano music and was also known for his contributions ...

Could tejano music have picked a more jovial, warmhearted ambassador? Leonard “Flaco” Jiménez, who died Thursday at the age of 86, was something more than simply a master accordion player and an ...

She has been to more places around the world than the average high school student, and the awards for her accordion playing are piling up. Meet Maria Telesheva, who will be entering her senior year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flaco Jiménez was a global ambassador for conjunto music and played accordion with everyone ...

When polka music made its mainstream debut in the Midwest in the mid-20th century, it was a hit among young crowds. Today, those crowds and accordion players at polka events (like those hosted ...

The master of the Tex-Mex accordion Leonardo "Flaco" Jimenez, whose tradition-drenched sound came to define conjunto or Tejano music of South Texas, has died. Throughout a career that spanned more ...

Flaco Jiménez, the legendary accordion player who was perhaps the foremost ambassador for regional Tejano music in the 20th century, died at 86 on July 31st. According to a statement, Jiménez died ...