Baldemar Garza Huerta, better known as Freddy Fender, was born in 1937 in the small town of San Benito in the Rio Grande Valley. His family worked in cotton fields during his childhood. Fender made ...

A video of Pope Leo XIV singing ‘Feliz Navidad’ has resurfaced on TikTok. The video of him performing the Spanish Christmas song was taken in 2014 when he was a bishop in Peru. In it, Pope Leo is ...

José Feliciano is a legendary Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and guitarist, renowned for his blend of Latin music, pop, rock, and blues. His contributions to music have earned him multiple Grammy ...

SAN ANTONIO – Each year since 2000, the Library of Congress has selected influential songs and albums to be preserved in the National Recording Registry. This year, three Latino artists were inducted ...

The original Broadway recording of “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Vicente Fernández’s enduring ranchera song “El Rey” and Freddy Fender’s breakthrough song “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” have ...

José Feliciano wrote the song to unite people with its holiday cheer and its bilingual lyrics — both in Spanish and English. Fifty years later, “Feliz Navidad” remains as popular as ever. It’s ...

Taking lessons from a 50-year-old country crossover boom period. By Tom Roland When Island/Republic/MCA Nashville released Chappell Roan’s “The Giver” on March 12, the move extended a pop/country ...

The 1970s was a tumultuous time, full of upheaval on many fronts, from the end of the Vietnam War to the dawn of personal computers. It makes sense that its music had a similar helter-skelter feel.

He’s grateful for the song’s success … from the bottom of his heart. “Feliz Navidad” is No. 10 on Spotify’s list of most-streamed holiday tracks of all time and singer-songwriter José Feliciano — who ...

José Feliciano wrote the song to unite people with its holiday cheer and its bilingual lyrics — both in Spanish and English. Fifty four years later, “Feliz Navidad” remains as popular as ever. It’s ...

WHILE calling for President Yoon Suk-yeol’s removal, tens of thousands of South Korean protesters have danced to traditional percussion, sung a pop genre called trot and blasted Whiplash, a hit by ...