Rancho Alegre

Songs played on this episode of Rancho Alegre on KEDA - Saturday 9/6/25: 

• Ruben Rivera - La Tormenta
• Gilberto Perez Jr. - Un Mal Entendimiento
• Nick Villarreal - El Mudo
• Los Hermanos Farias - Los Alb…

As bandleader of a solid, hardworking conjunto for over 40 years, San Antonio's Rudy Garcia was truly ahead of his time. He wrote and registered his own songs. He managed himself and played all over …

Songs played on this episode of Rancho Alegre on KEDA - Saturday 8/2/25: 

Interview with Flaco Jimenez, recorded in 2016. 

1. Interview part 1 - song: Silencio Corazon
2. Interview part 2 - song: Señorita…

Songs played on this episode of Rancho Alegre on KEDA - Saturday 8/23/25: 

• Los Aguilares with Roberto Pulido - Flor Triste
• Ruben Naranjo y Los Gamblers - Don Luis El Tejano
• Bernardo y Sus Compadres …

Songs played on this episode of Rancho Alegre on KEDA - Saturday 8/9/25: 

• Linda Escobar - El Gambler
• Brown Express - Por Una Mujer Casada
• Epi & Friends - Laguna de Pesares

Break - bedding music: Ja…

Songs played on this episode of Rancho Alegre on KEDA - Saturday 8/16/25: 

• Chano Cadena y Su Conjunto - Alma Rendida
• Tony De La Rosa & Ruben Vela - A Que Has Venido

Break - bedding music: Patrice R…

Join Piper and Frank for an hour of talking about Rancho Alegre's upcoming busy month in March! Plus, hear some background stories and the origin story of the festival and the organization!

Links me…

"El Gallo" Dez is a brand new voice in Tejano music who is just now embarking on his first adventure in the genre. Luckily for him, he is already off to a great start, having been discovered by Tejan…

Jimmy Gonzalez passed away 6/6/2018. Thanks to an assist from Freddie and Marc Martinez, we recorded this interview at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church in Corpus Christi in December 2012.

Most Te…

Beatriz Llamas, La Paloma Del Norte, passed away yesterday, May 15, 2023. This interview was recorded at her home in San Antonio in June 2015.

Known as La Paloma Del Norte, Beatriz was the first fem…

Festival Coordinators Piper LeMoine and Monica Castilleja discuss the 2023 Rancho Alegre Conjunto Music Festival. Audio taken from our Facebook Live broadcast on 4/24/23, so it might be a little chop…

Recorded in July 2011 at El Torreón Restaurant in San Antonio, Texas.

Joe Gonzales passed away today in San Antonio at the age of 61. He was known in the Conjunto world as "El Gambler" because of h…

Recorded in June 2019 at Austin Central Library

In June 2019, Rancho Alegre finally caught up to Little Miss Dynamite herself, Shelly Lares. We had been after her since we first started doing intervi…

Recorded live on KOOP radio in Austin 3/25/17.

This episode is another blast from the past! Let's go back to March 2017 when Rancho Alegre's own Piper LeMoine sat in for Dot Matrix on her spectacular…

Recorded on 10/3/15 at the KOOP studios, Austin Texas. BJ Moncivais passed away in August 2018.

Rancho Alegre talked with BJ Moncivais of legendary Austin, Texas-based Chicano record label, Valmon Re…

Recorded in January 2013 at their home in Midlothian, Texas.

Conjunto Baraja de Oro is one of the hottest bands going these days. Affectionately known as Conjunto BDO or simply BDO, North Texas husba…

Recorded in August 2017 at the Yarborough Branch of the Austin Public Library. Chencho Flores passed away in January 2021 due to complications of COVID-19 at the age of 91.

At the time of this interv…

Recorded in October 2011 at Roberto Pulido's ranch in Edinburg, Texas.

Rancho Alegre hit the road in October 2011 to interview some of our favorite artists in San Antonio, Alice, Robstown, then Edinb…

Recorded in 2011 at Janie's Record Shop in San Antonio, Texas.

Long known for their popurris, San Antonio's Los Aguilares have enjoyed great success over their 58-year career in music. With brothers …

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 wi…