Good afternoon! As of 2:30pm, we have raised approximately $18,000 through a combination of a grant from Texas Commission on the arts, private offline donations, and just over $7400 from our AmplifyATX campaign! Amplify ends at 6pm, and we will find out how much we have received in matching funds after Amplify ends.
Here's the link to donate through AmplifyATX - Thank you for helping save the Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival!
Dear friends,
A lot of folks have asked what's happening with this year's Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival and here's the update: we applied for funding through the City of Austin Cultural Arts department, as we always do, and our application was denied. We appealed their decision and that was denied too. We contacted our elected officials, and despite their efforts, there's nothing they could do to help us.
Baldo steps out of our traditional Conjunto zone for this review of a truly fantastic album by Austin-based artist Chris Gebhard. Enjoy!
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Conjunto music legend Alfredo De La Rosa passed away on April 8, 2022. A member of one of the most storied and influential musical family dynasties in Texas music, Alfredo spent many years playing with brothers Tony and Adan and sister Eva as well as with his own Conjunto.
Austin, Texas - After two full years off due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Austin-based nonprofit organization Ranch Alegre announced its return to live music events with the 2022 Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival, scheduled for Friday April 29 through Sunday May 1. The event is free admission and all ages are welcome.
We are so excited and honored to release this album on our label, Rancho Alegre Records, and we can’t wait for you to hear it. This is a special one for the folks who love old-style Conjunto from the 1940s and the beautiful simplicity of acordeón y bajo sexto duo. No drums. No bajo eléctrico.
We are so excited to announce that Rancho Alegre will be presenting a short showcase of Tejano and Conjunto music during Folk Unlocked, this year's virtual conference presented by Folk Alliance International! Many thanks to the Texas Music Office for the invitation!
We interviewed Austin Conjunto legend Chencho Flores back in August 2017. At the time, Chencho was 88 years old and had just started his own conjunto earlier that year after a long tenure with Conjunto Los Pinkys.
The entertainment world has been abuzz for months, anxiously awaiting the December 4th debut of Selena: The Series, the new Netflix Original series that takes a deeper dive into the early years of Selena y Los Dinos and the dynamics of the Quintanilla family during the band’s rise to stardom. The series is currently #1 on the streaming provider, with millions of viewers tuning in over the past three days.
