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 ...

Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga celebrates its first No. 1 of 2026 as “Solo Tú” advances from No. 4 to lead Billboard ’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart (dated Jan. 24). A cover of Camilo Sesto’s ...

It's rare for a band entering the Billboard charts for the first time to pack 50,000 people into a Mexico City parking lot for a concert. But then again, Banda Pequeños Musical is hardly new to the… ...

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 ...

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.

PICO RIVERA, Calif. (KABC) -- Banda Las Angelinas is a rare breed in Banda music, a Mexican Regional music genre. In the industry, it's predominately male-driven and this band is challenging that norm ...

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 ...