Texas Music News — October 10, 2026
Los Texmaniacs, the San Antonio conjunto band, just took over NPR’s Tiny Desk and showed Washington how Texas dances. Max Baca leads on bajo sexto and vocals, while his nephew Josh Baca works the accordion. NPR’s Felix Contreras calls the set “a living history lesson,” and he is right.
The button accordion tradition crossed the border with German, Czech, and Polish immigrants. Then Texas made it its own. Conjunto works like a family recipe, because every cook adds a little salt but the pot stays the same.
Flaco’s Lessons Still Echo Through the Squeezebox
Josh Baca studied under the late Flaco Jiménez, the Tex-Mex accordion master. Max played alongside Flaco too, including a 2012 Tiny Desk appearance. So this set feels like a family passing down its songbook. You can trace that lineage on TMM through Flaco Jiménez and the Conjunto Tradition.
The set list ran “Ay Mama,” “Boom and a Bang,” “Herido,” “Déjalo (Let It Go),” and “Como Te Quiero.” Then a closing polka tied the cultures together. The band also previewed a song from its 2027 album, Nuevo Crossroads. Washington heard one more proof that the accordion still has a Texas accent.
Details at Texas Public Radio
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