How to Use Tejano in a Sentence

Tejano

noun

• That shooting claimed the life of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, an advocate for Tejano music.
  — David Plazas, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
• Johnny Canales, a beloved Tejano singer and television host, who also helped to launch Selena’s career, has died at the age of 77.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
• This isn’t to say Grupo Frontera is abandoning their Tejano hats, or their ranchera aesthetics.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 10 May 2024
• The washed gray top, which was a sweet tribute to the role that launched JLo into superstardom, featured the Queen of Tejano music singing and her name written in big orange letters.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
• Back then, every quinceañera, boda, and family barbecue was imbued with cumbias by Tejano and norteño bands.
  — Yvonne Marquez, refinery29.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• Most people know the end of the story of Selena Quintanilla, the pop star who brought Tejano music to the mainstream before she was tragically murdered at the age of 23.
  — Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2025
• The station also plays country and western, has a Tejano music program on Saturdays and plays gospel on Sundays.
  — Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
• In the years before her tragic death in 1995, the late Tejano star practically made the Alamo City her second home with numerous performances, pitstops and even her own boutique.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Apr. 2023
• The single-day event, now in its third year, focuses on Latin music, booking acts from a variety of genres, from Latin rock and pop to musica Mexicana and Tejano.
  — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
• Honor the life of Beatriz Llamas, a renowned Tejano musician who died last year, with a female vocal competition and mariachi performance.
  — Megan Stringer, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
• Thirty years after Tejano legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez was murdered, her killer is under review for parole.
  — Olivia Garrett, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
• For decades, Mexican and Tejano migrant workers traveled up to Wisconsin annually to harvest cucumbers, cherries and sweet corn.
  — Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024