TPR Music

It’s been 30 years since the world last saw Selena. The singer was a star on the rise, bringing Tejano music to new audiences with a stage presence that captivated everyone who watched her perform.

KUT's Miles Bloxson and Elizabeth McQueen explore how Austin musicians are adapting to AI and the changing music industry.

A screening of the film You've Succeeded: The Life & Times of Dimas Garza, is scheduled for Nov. 5 at the Little Carver Civic Center.

Stop Making Sense, considered one of the greatest concert films of all time, will screen on Nov. 13 at the Empire Theatre in San Antonio, with a special Q&A appearance by Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads. TPR's Nathan Cone gets some insight into the film and band's music in this interview.

Natalia Lafourcade is among the contemporary writers creating memorable songs that would merit entry into our Great Americas Songbook. TPR's James Baker also looks to music of Gloria Estefan, and the Harlem String Quartet.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Amanda Pascali about her new album, full of her interpretations of traditional Balkan and Mediterranean tunes. It's called "Roses and Basil."

The Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica is celebrating the instrument and those who love it.

A benefit concert was held at Sam’s Burger Joint in San Antonio, and featured music all day long.

San Antonians are celebrating the legacy of conjunto icon Flaco Jiménez, who died Thursday after a long illness. Here is one essay from San Antonio native Oscar Garza, professor of professional practice of journalism and director of the Specialized Journalism Program (Arts & Culture) at the University of Southern California.

San Antonio native and conjunto legend Flaco Jiménez has died at the age of 86.