San Antonio is a city that very much puts its Mexican American cultural blend on full display – visually, yes, but also sonically.
Perhaps nowhere is that more apparent than in two particular genres that are themselves unique Texas products that the city has made major contributions to: conjunto and Tejano music.
Hector Saldaña is the Texas Music curator at the Wittliff Collections of Texas State University and something of a fixture of the San Antonio music scene, himself. He’s also written extensively on the city’s musical foundation…