Inspired by Kerouac and Huck Finn, Cartwright 's latest musical travelogue More Miles Than Money began as a search for vernacular music, the sounds that built America, forged from its indigenous people and its immigrants, largely under conditions of extreme poverty and oppression. Read More
Dubbed "La Alondra de la Frontera," singer Lydia Mendoza was an early legend of Tejano music. Born May 21, 1916, in Houston, ... Read the full Lydia Mendoza bio.