Mariachi women America's first all-female mariachi band, Reyna de Los Angeles, is the subject of a PBS documentary that airs tonight. By Catherine Price. Published April 1, 2008 6:00PM (EDT) -- ...

But there is documentation of women playing mariachi music as far back as 1903. Today, there are roughly 30 all-female mariachi bands in the U.S. and close to 60 in South America and Europe.

Exhibit highlights women who made mariachi history. Francis Angulo, 83, spent 12 years performing with an all-female mariachi group formed in 1948.

Often, the image of mariachi is men in large hats strumming guitars. Flor de Toloache, New York City's first all-female mariachi band, dispels that myth. The group was cofounded in 2008 by Mireya ...

Think mariachi and a traditional all-male band comes to mind. But you haven't met the women of the New York-based group Flor de Toloache.

sacramento’s mariachi bonitas is made up of all women, a rarity here in the u.s. and in mexico, only in guadalajara is five female mariachi bands there. every 250 male mariachi bands.

It’s ‘ladies night’ again as the 34th Mariachi USA festival hits the Hollywood Bowl. ... “The mariachi tradition will not change, at least not on my stage,” Rodríguez said.

The women of Mariachi Sirenas, Chicago’s first all-female mariachi group, insist it was a complete coincidence their first practice fell on International Women’s Day. Eréndira Iz… ...

Castro was headed to another mariachi gig in Los Angeles, wearing a replacement jacket. Here is our conversation, lightly edited and condensed for clarity. Let’s start with what’s the freshest.