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<v Speaker 1>Hey, y'all. I'm JB. Southseva, a writer at Texas Monthly

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<v Speaker 1>and host of Texas Country Reporter. I'm also hosting Texas

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<v Speaker 1>Monthly's latest podcast, Viva Dejano, the story of Teano music

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<v Speaker 1>told by the people who lived it and have been

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<v Speaker 1>shaped by it. I've gotten to talk with some amazing

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<v Speaker 1>artists for the show, and I'm excited to share those

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<v Speaker 1>conversations with you. This is a personal story for me,

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<v Speaker 1>the nostalgic sound in my childhood, but also a sound

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<v Speaker 1>I hear today in places where I least expect it.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the trailer that Texas tornadoes.

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<v Speaker 2>You got it, so take it away about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Every Sunday morning, when I was a kid and my

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<v Speaker 1>family and I had a ritual after we got home

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<v Speaker 1>from Sunday mass My mom would get started cooking chodis

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<v Speaker 1>and eggs or Barbara CoA we picked up on the

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<v Speaker 1>way home, and my siblings and I would change out

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<v Speaker 1>of our church clothes and turn on the TV. If

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<v Speaker 1>we made it in time, we'd hear that whirling electric

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<v Speaker 1>keyboard and those frantic horns. This was the golden age

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<v Speaker 1>of Tejano music, a rich mashup of styles Conjunto, Borgesta, Northeno, Cumbia,

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<v Speaker 1>all with their own histories in Texas, Mexico and beyond.

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<v Speaker 1>We were one of millions of households who tuned into

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<v Speaker 1>the Johnny Canalis Show to watch our favorite bands and

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<v Speaker 1>discover new ones. The show is long gone and Johnny

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<v Speaker 1>passed away earlier this year, but the Hana music lives

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<v Speaker 1>on and today artists like Besso Pluma and Grupo Fronterra

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<v Speaker 1>dominate the airwaves on the new text this monthly podcast

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<v Speaker 1>Viva Tejano. Well, It's sport the Hanno music past and present,

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<v Speaker 1>with help from Texans whose lives have been shaped by

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<v Speaker 1>the music and for whom it became an obsession.

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday to the church after church about Lakoa and then

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<v Speaker 2>music Canalis.

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<v Speaker 1>My dad and I used to go on tour. We'd

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<v Speaker 1>stop in every single town, every small town, big city,

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<v Speaker 1>and there was always ady Hano radio station and every

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<v Speaker 1>all we had to do is look for the antenna.

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<v Speaker 3>My mom was the one who taught me, like, yo,

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<v Speaker 3>you gotta play this, you gotta play this. This is

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<v Speaker 3>the kind of music people like, like, play this song

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<v Speaker 3>when you got to dance.

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<v Speaker 2>For going sometimes I cried because my dad said, I

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<v Speaker 2>want you to connect with the people and not be

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<v Speaker 2>afraid to play.

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<v Speaker 1>It's part nostalgia, part exploration of our unique d Hano culture.

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<v Speaker 2>There's different genres cal junto to Hanno. They call it

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<v Speaker 2>to Hanno. I call it text mix to Hano.

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<v Speaker 3>As a genre, it's very broad.

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<v Speaker 2>That could be Stevie Ravob. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>I girl and coma feels like homegirls, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>They see us, they see our image. We're not these

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<v Speaker 2>Barbie cut girls.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>We are who we are. We're from Texas and we

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<v Speaker 2>were proud of that.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm gonna get hated on for this, but we went

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<v Speaker 3>over to Miami and we experienced a lot of races

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<v Speaker 3>from other Latin cultures.

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<v Speaker 1>Was it hard being a female accordion player?

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<v Speaker 2>You better believe it. My goal is to someday leave

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<v Speaker 2>the younger kids carrying on the tradition.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like, bro, we're all the same, you know, Like,

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<v Speaker 3>no matter what culture you are, we all do the

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<v Speaker 3>same stuff. We all hang out in our garage and

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<v Speaker 3>we drink beer and do barbecue and we just sing

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<v Speaker 3>about it.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Viva Tehuana, a podcast about the Junta. Music

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<v Speaker 1>told by the people who make it and live it

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<v Speaker 1>coming November twelfth. And are you and Nina the Mexican races?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we declare we are the Mexican No