Music
January 17, 2023
You Don’t Know Texas Music if You Don’t Know Flaco Jiménez
“I can talk to my accordion and make it respond to me; I can make it happy or make it cry.”
Flaco Jimenez
Tacos
December 30, 2020
Taco News Roundup: Flaco Jiménez Launches a Food Truck Named, of Course, Tacos Jimenez
Plus, Texas tacos hit best of 2020 lists, Houston gets two new taco joints, and Gal Gadot tries Taco Bell.
Music
January 21, 2013
LISTEN: Austin Outlaw Country Band Crooks With Flaco Jimenez
An exclusive preview of Flaco and Crooks' song "Heart Achin' Town," plus an interview with frontman Josh Mazour.
Music
May 21, 2012
Flaco Jimenez and Brother Santiago Reunited
The two brothers, legendary conjunto players with completely different styles who had not shared a stage since 1982, played at San Antonio's Tejanjo Conjunto Festival over the weekend.
Books
May 31, 1999
CD and Book Reviews
CDs by the Jiménez brothers, the Old 97’s, and Lee Hazlewood; books by Joni Rodgers and Scott Zesch.
Music
February 1, 1999
Take Note
Texas-friendly tips for watching the Grammys
Music
August 31, 1998
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDsI was already familiar with James Brown’s Say It Live and Loud (Polygram), which was recorded live at Memorial Auditorium in Dallas on August 26, 1968. I was there, a couple of rows back from the front, and hearing it all over again is one sweet pleasure: the tight,
Guides
May 31, 1996
CD and Book Reviews
Hot CDsGrammy award aside, Flaco Jiménez’s last solo album was a big disappointment, for it showed how far Texas’ greatest accordionist had strayed. After all those studio sit-ins with the likes of the Rolling Stones and Dwight Yoakam and those trips around the globe as the ambassador of Tex-Mex, his