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Salsa del Rio, Bombasta headline Fats Tuesday International Fest
There will be dozens of music groups, food, arts and children's games at the free-admission family fest scheduled March 4-8 at the recently named America's Amphitheatre at Wonderland of the America's Mall!, 4522 Fredericksburg Rd at IH-10 and Loop 410 Also performing are Mariachi Nueva Generacion, Austin's Braulio y Fuzzion, Salsa Brava, Jai Roots, Grupo Pasion, Ronny Tee, |
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JORDAN, ESTEBAN (STEVE) Esteban Jordan always played his music the way he's lived his life -- free-spirited and adventureous, injecting the various elements of rock, jazz and blues into his basic conjunto, polka, and ranchera repertoire. Jordan mesmerizes audiences. He plays his accordion with such energy and intensity that he's often been called the Jimmy Hendrix of the accordion. Jordan was one of 15 children in a family of |
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Bombasta and Salsa del Rio are among the top headliners scheduled to perform at the Fats Tuesday International Fest.
Arcade Fire and Lady Antebellum were among the big winners at the 2011 Grammy Awards. Additional winners include jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding who took best new artist honors.
(Tejano music lost another pioneer today when news drifted throughout the Southwest that Tony 'Ham' Guerrero, founder of the famed Tortilla Band, passed away today (1/29/2011) from complications from pneumonia. He was 66. Our correspondent Ramon Hernandez files this report.)
(This insightful excerpt from the "Billboard Guide to Tejano and regional Mexican Music," by Ramiro Burr, Billboard Books, details Jordan's life and contributions.)
