There's really only one way to play mariachi, even if you're a punk rocker — you have to mean it, right down to the last neatly chopped acoustic-guitar chord. The great mariachis share tales of love, ...

LOS ANGELES -- For fifth generation musician Jose Hernandez, mariachi is more than the music of his motherland Mexico. It is ingrained in his heart and something he needs to listen to or do everyday.

One student had played the cowbell in band class, another the tambourine and bells. But few of the 12 students sitting in the small theater at Mission High School had ever picked up a guitar until ...

Being a mariachi is a specialized gig. You might be able to fool people who don't know the music by wearing those tight pants and little jackets and playing with lots of vibrato. But hardcore mariachi ...

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 ...