Apr
29
Colibrí Entertainment has brought some of the biggest names in mariachi to The Ford's stage. This Mother's Day, enjoy a serenata for the special women in your life with this lookback at memorable ballads, boleros and rancheras. The sensational concert event brings together innovative leading artists of the mariachi tradition,...
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Apr
22
In October of last year (2020), I once again had the pleasure of interviewing Carlos Martínez, this time for a new series of free podcasts offered by mariachimusic.com. Since it had been nearly seven years since he joined Mariachi Vargas in 2014, I figured this would be an opportune time...
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Apr
22
En octubre del año pasado (2020), volví a tener el placer de entrevistar a Carlos Martínez, esta vez para una nueva serie de podcasts que ofrece gratuitamente mariachimusic.com. Dado que habían pasado casi siete años desde que él se unió al Mariachi Vargas en 2014, pensé que éste sería un...
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Apr
20
The Roswell Symphony Orchestra recently announced a virtual concert alongside Mariachi Aztlán from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The New Mexico-based presenting organization and Mariachi Aztlán are already in the production phase of this project and tickets for the performance on Saturday, May 8th are on sale now...
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Apr
05
Miguel Hernández, más conocido en los círculos mariacheros como “la Pulga”, sucumbió al coronavirus el pasado diciembre a la edad de 70 años. Cuando conocí a Miguel en la Plaza Garibaldi, a finales de la década de los setenta, me pareció muy amena su historia como pionero de la misa...
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Apr
05
Miguel Hernández, the charismatic violinist best known as “La Pulga” (the flea), succumbed to coronavirus last December at age 70. From the time I met him in Plaza Garibaldi back in the late 1970s, I found Miguel's account of how he helped pioneer the mariachi mass compelling. He described to...
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Mar
17
https://youtu.be/umytIfiwdWw This past December the 26th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza brought together 35 of the top student mariachi vocalists from elementary to college for the first ever virtual MVE National Vocal Competition. As the only competition judged by members of the world-renowned Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza...
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Mar
15
Guitarist and vocalist of Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán Arturo Vargas is now being featured in the latest video tutorial of our YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoMZQhoroBw In this twelve minute video tutorial, Arturo reacts and comments on his performance of "El Pastor" at the 25th Annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza. He covers topics...
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Mar
10
The first U.S. cases of Covid-19 (coronavirus) were reported in January, 2020. By February, the virus had been detected in Mexico, and on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 an international pandemic. What had been an epidemic had now become a pandemic. Since then, coronavirus-related infections...
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Mar
10
Los primeros casos de Covid-19 (coronavirus) en Estados Unidos fueron reportados en enero de 2020. Ya para febrero, el virus se había detectado en México, y el 11 de marzo de 2020 la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declaró al Covid-19 una pandemia internacional. Lo que había sido una epidemia...
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