Mexican rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Javier Bátiz believes divine intervention led him to start playing guitar in 1956 at the age of 12, shortly before he launched his groundbreaking Tijuana band, Los TJ’s.

PARACHO, Mexico, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Pixar's hit film "Coco" has struck all the right notes in the tiny Mexican hamlet of Paracho, home to the traditional Mexican guitar made famous in the movie.

Fresh off its Golden Globe award for best animation, the Disney-Pixar movie Coco is a favorite to win an Oscar next month. It's a sweet story of a small boy, Miguel, who dreams of becoming a musician ...

City workers recently painted the guitar at the entrance of Paracho white, in honor of Coco, and the creator of the white guitar, hometown hero German Vazquez Rubio.(Alfredo Corchado / Staff) PARACHO, ...

JUST PLAY GUITAR: What’s often revelatory about Mexican duo Rodrigo y Gabriela’s music, whether it’s an interpretation or an original, is how internalized and personal it all feels, as if they’re ...

Christopher Reynolds is a Times travel writer. He last wrote about South African safaris for the magazine It is a mild day in the mountains of middle Mexico, a fine day for chasing butterflies or ...

Fresh off its Golden Globe award for best animation, the Disney-Pixar movie Coco is a favorite to win an Oscar next month. It's a sweet story of a small boy, Miguel, who dreams of becoming a musician ...