Rubén Miranda hosts “El Rancho de Vicente,” a radio show dedicated to the music of ranchera icon Vicente Fernández, which he has done for two decades. The one-hour radio show airs every ...

MEXICO CITY — Vicente Fernández, the beloved Mexican singer who became the symbol of Mexican ranchera music to the world, died Sunday. He was 81. “It was an honor and a great pride to share ...

In the 1930s, the new popular music began spreading through the radio and record companies promoted it around the country and beyond the borders of Mexico. While 'canción ranchera' was emerging ...

In the 1930s, the new popular music began spreading through the radio and record companies promoted it around the country and beyond the borders of Mexico. While 'canción ranchera' was emerging ...

Mexico has its own version of the blues, music that is “heavy on the pathos and irresistible beats,” writes Gustavo Arellano, former OC Weekly editor and the author of the ¡Ask a Mexican! column.

In the 1930s, the new popular music began spreading through the radio and record companies promoted it around the country and beyond the borders of Mexico. While 'canción ranchera' was emerging ...

In the 1930s, the new popular music began spreading through the radio and record companies promoted it around the country and beyond the borders of Mexico. While 'canción ranchera' was emerging ...

Ranchera, a sort of Mexican country music, began as a way to comment on the tastes of the rich. Rachel Faro joins World Cafe's Latin Roots to talk ranchera. Sometimes called "Mexican country music ...

Singer Rocío Dúrcal, known throughout the world as "the most Mexican Spaniard" for her iconic work in the ranchera folk-music style, died Saturday at her home in Torrelodones, Spain, after a ...

In the 1930s, the new popular music began spreading through the radio and record companies promoted it around the country and beyond the borders of Mexico. While 'canción ranchera' was emerging ...