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Tejano Matriarch Immortalized By U.S. Postal Service

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Members of Lydia Mendoza’s family pose in front of a large rendition of her Music Icon stamp in the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center.

By Joey Palacios

Lydia Mendoza has been called the first lady of Tejano and Conjunto Music and Wednesday the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a forever stamp in her honor as part of a music legends series.

La alondra de la frontera (the lark of the border) was honored at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center on the West Side.

Mendoza was born to a musical family in Houston in 1916 and she progressed in her talents, eventually mastering the 12-string guitar.

Mendoza is one of several pioneering musicians being honored in the postal services' Music Icon stamp series.

10:57 pm

Wed May 15, 2013

First Watch: Jeri-Jeri With Baaba Maal, 'Gawlo'

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Dancer Fatou Mboup during JERI-JERI's video for "Gawlo."

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Mbalax band Jeri-Jeri — led by Bakane Seck (he's wearing the white shirt and gold necklace) — with German producer Mark Ernestus.

By Otis Hart

Originally published on Fri May 10, 2013 1:45 pm

One of my favorite songs last year was a collaboration between a Sengalese drum collective and a German techno producer. The producer, Mark Ernestus traveled to the West African country to work with Jeri-Jeri, a group that plays a popular dance music called mbalax.

11:14 am

Wed May 15, 2013

Music Of The Sun Lights Up Carver Center Friday

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Ethel String Quartet

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Robert Mirabal

By John Clare

For over 15 years, Ethel has been on the edge of chamber music - performing with rockers, on soundtracks, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in the Grand Canyon.

Friday evening is a chance to hear the string quartet live and in person, along with Native American flutist Robert Mirabal.

"It's beautiful stuff," quips Dorothy Lawson, artistic director and cellist of Ethel. "There's a profound sense of sinking into an altered space when we perform this program."

9:13 am

Wed May 15, 2013

21st Century House Museums Lead National Historic Preservation Month

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The front of the Edward Steves Homestead.

By Eileen Pace

May is National Preservation Month, and The National Trust for Historic Preservation is asking communities to think of creative ways to engage the public.

San Antonio is doing that with a seminar this weekend on Historic House Museums.

The National Trust has several suggestions for how to be a preservationist, such as:

Go ghost-hunting
Look up at second stories
Touring a house museum

Conservation Society president Nancy Avellar said they are trying to help some of the museums move into the 21st Century.

11:32 am

Mon May 13, 2013

Soothing Sounds From Pine's New Violin Lullabies

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Newest release from Rachel Barton Pine

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Violinist Rachel Barton Pine

By John Clare

London saw the printing of "Mother Goose-Melody" around 1765 - you might remember it from childhood, and perhaps even sung it to your child. Violinist Rachel Barton Pine has been singing to her daughter Sylvia, and decided to make an entire album of lullabies.

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6:52 am

Thu May 16, 2013