Flaco Jiménez accepts the Lifetime Achievement for Instrumentalist Award in 2014 during the Americana Music Honors and Awards show in Nashville. (Mark Zaleski / Associated Press) The accordionist ...

Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano, and Tex-Mex music, died Thursday. Flaco Jimenez, the legendary ...

The accordion playing of Flaco Jimenez, seen here performing during the 2014 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., came to define contujo and ...

Famed Tejano singer-songwriter and master accordionist Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez has died. He was 86. Jiménez’s family shared the news of the musician’s death on his official Facebook page Thursday ...

Flaco Jiménez performs at the 35th Annual Tejano Conjunto Festival in 2016. Credit: Jaime Monzon Iconic conjunto performer Flaco Jiménez, a six-time Grammy winner who helped expand the reach of his ...

‘My whole brand as an artist is about being a Mexican American kid from San Antonio and what that means and what it means to fall in love with that identity,’ Leo said. ‘My whole brand as an artist is ...