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Blind Musical Prodigy Juanito Castillo is 19, and He Knows What He Wantsnew

It seems like only yesterday Juanito was a little boy with an accordion in his hands, playing for crowds at Market Square and local church festivals. Hailed as brilliant at an early age, Juanito quickly moved up the ranks to the conjunto elite and captured the attention of many Tejano musicians on the scene.

San Antonio Current | Kiko Martinez | 07-23-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: blind, pianists, Tejano, Juanito Castillo, Tejano musicians

Pregnancy Inspires Thalia's 'Lunada' Beach Fantasiesnew

"In Lunada, I wanted to invoke all my favorite summery songs of all time," Thalia says. "I started to think about the time of my adolescence and the songs I would listen to during the summer. I was pulling together all my favorite songs and writing new songs in the process."

San Antonio Current | Kiko Martinez | 07-09-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: pop, motherhood, pregnancy, summer, Latin pop, Lunada, Thalia

Ramon Hernandez Squeezes a History of Latino Music into His Apartmentnew

In the early 1960s, he began collecting literature, periodicals, recordings, photographs, and other memorabilia on Latinos in the music industry, from the crooners of the '40s to the rock 'n' rollers of the '50s to anyone who has ever been associated with Tejano, conjunto, and musica ranchera.

San Antonio Current | Kiko Martinez | 06-25-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Texas, history, conjunto, Latin music, musica ranchera, Ramon Hernandez, Tejano

Art Garfunkel Knows Where He Standsnew

Although he admits he does not know what the future holds, the 66-year-old, carrot-fro'd crooner seems to realize he will never approach the pinnacle he once co-inhabited with Paul Simon from 1965 to 1970.

San Antonio Current | Kiko Martinez | 01-09-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Art Garfunkel, Some Enchanted Evening