Born in Texas, Miller Sparks, who would become known as Speedy Sparks, never strayed too far from home. Loving the Lone Star State, he eventually moved to Austin to explore a career in the music ...

Speedy Sparks (second from left in the rear) performed with legendary musicians, including the Texas Tornados. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Texas Tornados Speedy Sparks, a bassist who played with Lone ...

The incumbent senator is up against his strongest challenge yet in populist-right leader Ken Paxton. Look, the legislative staffer said, all Ken Paxton has to do is go down to South Texas and say ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) – The Solento Surf Festival will conclude with a three-day showcase of the year’s most exciting surf films at La Paloma Theatre, Encinitas’ original hometown theatre and ...

Rio Grande Valley artist, Pop Culture, painted the mural of Kirk — along with a quote from a Nepalese political activist — the same day that the popular political activist was killed by a single ...

The 1970s were a great time for country music. Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, and several other major artists released iconic albums and songs. Additionally, legends like John Prine and ...

Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano, and Tex-Mex music, died Thursday. He was 86. Jimenez’s death ...

Leonardo “Flaco” Jimenez, the Grammy-winning accordionist and pioneer of conjunto music, has died. He was 86. Jimenez’s family shared the news on Facebook Thursday night, writing, “He was surrounded ...

Flaco Jiménez, the San Antonio-born accordionist whose music has been a hallmark of Tex-Mex, Tejano and conjunto music for seven decades, died Thursday, according to a statement from his family. No ...

SAN ANTONIO — Flaco Jimenez, a six-time Grammy winner who took his conjunto accordion musicianship to the national and worldwide stages with countless superstar musicians and bands, has died, his ...

Photo of Willie Nelson, Freddy Fender, Augie Myers, Doug Sahm and Flaco Jimenez backstage at Farm Aid on Oct. 12, 1996. (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns) (Ebet Roberts, Getty Images) SAN ANTONIO – ...

Beloved “swamp pop” musician Tommy McLain, whose 1966 hit “Sweet Dreams” reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, died Thursday morning at 85. His passing was announced by his family in a social media ...