Dueling accordions. How the Texas-bred music made famous by Selena is losing the tug-of-war with Mexico

“Tejano record sales have dwindled, while more and more radio stations are switching from this Texas-born, cross-cultural genre to Mexican regional and Latin pop.

In the 1990s, the Tejano Music Awards attracted crowds of more than 30,000 to the Alamodome. Fewer than 1,300 showed up to Eagle Pass for the 2006 staging of the event.

The Tejano music industry is in shambles, and state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos of Texas is among those protesting the potential loss of cultural heritage.”

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