Chano cadena biography

Chano Cadena was..

Chano was born on October 31, , on a ranch near Palito Blanco--a community 'muy chiquito', 14 miles south of Alice, Texas.

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Chano Cadena was.

The Tejano Roots Hall of Fame (TRHF) was created in August by Rito Silva in Alice, Texas.

He began playing the bajo sexto at the age of fifteen but switched to the accordion in when accordionist Chano Cadena asked him to join his.

Accordion-heavy conjunto music is focus of 3-day fest

When you strip Tejano music to its core, you'll find the rhythmic pulsations of conjunto music. They're the same soulful beats that once regularly filled Austin ballrooms and brought even the most uncoordinated dancers to their feet.

Conjunto's squeezebox melodies and strong narrative lyrics, though not on the forefront of Austin's live music scene, have quietly been gaining the hearts and minds of music lovers.

And for longtime fan Baldomero "Frank" Cuellar, this meant that the moment was perfect to launch the type of festival he dreamed of for years — a conjunto music festival in his native East Austin that would bring up-and-coming conjunto bands together with the genre's legends.

On Friday, the Rancho Alegre Conjunto Festival becomes a reality for Cuellar and the music's loyal fan base.

This marks the first time in Austin's recent history that conjunto music will have its own three-day festival, which event organizers ho