If every song tells a story, the book of the Big Muddy Folk Festival is hundreds, if not thousands, of chapters long. One of the great music gatherings in the Midwest and beyond, Big Muddy turns 32 ...

In 1898, when Gaspar Vargas founded Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan in the Mexican state of Jalisco, there were only four instruments — a guitar, a harp and two violins. Along the way, they super-sized ...

The students in Battle Mountain High School’s music program don’t get to wear sombreros or ornate matching suits in class, but at least they can play guitar like a Mariachi. Only six months ago, that ...

San Fernando is just one place where young musicians are getting an education in mariachi. The city’s program, which meets at San Fernando Middle School, is one of hundreds in the Southwest where ...