LOS ANGELES, Ca. — A group of Los Angeles musicians is sharing their love for mariachi music and making history at the same time. Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles is the world’s first LBGTQ mariachi.

“Going Varsity in Mariachi,” the endearing documentary about the world of competitive high school mariachi in Texas, is finally available on streaming. The film, which had its world premiere at the ...

Early on in the history of mariachi music, the performers were overwhelmingly older men — excluding women and young people in many cases, according to Jose Jimenez. Today, as the International ...

In San Jose’s Alum Rock Union School District, students from third to eighth grade gather after school to learn how to play guitar, trumpet, violin, guitarrón, and vihuela, and to sing mariachi music.