Tejano music

called la frontera, “the borderland”. It is referred to as Tejano music. Veda Boyd Jones, author of Selena, describes “the music borrowed the accordion sound from Central European immigrants, mixed the band sound with a driving beat. Tejano music often reflects many different cultures- just like the people who live in the Rio Grande. It is a mixture if polka, Mexican, Latin, popular, country, rap and blues music. Tejano is often described as bouncy and upbeat. In fact, Tejano musicians still sing their songs in Spanish. During the 1970s, few people outside of Texas and Mexico knew about Tejano. For many years, Tejano fans thought their own this genre…

“If you have a dream, don’t let anyone take it away and always believe that the impossible is always the possible.” Those are words said by Selena Quintanilla, a famous Tejano, Mexican singer. It is crazy how a few strong words could be remembered for so long and perhaps even change history. According to Biography.com Selena Quintanilla was daughter of Marcella and Abraham Quintanilla who was a musician when Selena was young. Selena the was youngest sister of two; a brother named Abraham…

fame she endured a few hardships, like being evicted from the family home and also being told she can’t date or marry the lead guitarist. She is then tragically killed by the organizer of her fan club. In the movie, it is often referenced that Selena is a woman in Latina music, because it is a male dominated profession. The fact that she is successful in a male dominated genre of music is impressive, especially since she became successful in this music at such a young age. She had to overcome…

Latin and jazz music comes from the history of the minority, grew into the industry with their rhythm from the home land, and vocals created with passion of the voice being heard. In the United States Jazz grew in New Orleans, while Latin, Tejano music came from the southern part of Texas and eastern Latin countries. Both genres come from different origins and place in times. Still Latin and Jazz genre are very compatible. Before the 1900’s, it was said a musician named Buddy Bolden played a…

Selena was a popular Tejano singer, in an article by biography.com states that she won an award for best vocal female vocalist and performer of the year awards at the Tejano Music Awards in 1987. Her death was a sudden surprise; her fan club leader killed her. She died at the age of twenty-three and did not have a chance to see all that she dreamed of becoming a major star in both the English and Latin community. In an interview with billboard.com Jennifer says, “The fact that she was so young…

Selena Quintanilla: Queen of Tejano "Neither of us knew that Yolanda had returned to the same gun shop in San Antonio a few days before this, where she repurchased the exact snub-nosed Taurus 45 revolver that she had bought before." Selena Quintanilla-Perez was a well-known Tejano pop singer all around the world; having sold several of her albums in English and Spanish, expanding her legacy throughout the years. Not only was she a star however, but also wanted to become a fashion…

Certain music genres have been associated with particular ethnic groups. This is the case of Jazz and African-Americans as well as Tejano and Mexica- Americans. In the article Tejanos and the Making of the Texas Jazz Festival, 1959-2013, Guadalupe San Miguel Jr. describes how minority ethnic groups influence one each other and how such influence is seen through music, especially jazz and Tejano music. During the historical study, San Miguel Jr. attempts to analyze the tendency Mexican Americans…

On November 8th, 2015 I viewed a recorded pop music performance of Selena Quintanilla titled “Selena Live”. The performance originally took place on the evening of February 26, 1995, at the Astrodome Stadium in Houston, Texas. The legendary Tejano music star, Selena Quintanilla, became one of the most famous Latin music artists around the world. She was referred to as the “Queen of Tejano”. Tejano music, also known as Tex-Mex is a popular music genre that blends European, Mexican, and U.S.…

Quintanilla Pérez was a Mexican-American singer who was very influential in spreading Tejano music. She was very popular in the 90’s. Selena’s career was very successful. Her father was afraid of discrimination, but it wasn't really a problem. Throughout her career, Selena was very successful. Selena won 67 awards total. She also had 86 nominations. In 1986 Selena won “Female Vocalist of the Year” at the Tejano Music Awards. Selena would go on to win this award seven more times. She also…

The person I decided to interview for this assignment, was my cousin Alessio Gonzalez. Ever since I could remember he was either playing the guitar or the keyboard. I could also remember when he got mad at me for getting his guitar without his permission. After Alessio moved out of our house, we lost contact for years, but I still had that memory of the music I listened to when I was a child. Recently, the family reconnected and consequently we would visit each other at family reunions more…