This is the web version of a fine PBS documentary about the Tex-Mex conjunto scene. It aired here and there last fall -- I don't know if it's still popping up anywhere or not. Quite good, it traced the combined history of the music and the accordion within the conjunto tradition, along with the strong resurgence that's currently cooking. Certainly the best and most positive US TV exposure that the accordion has received in decades. I was a wee bit disappointed that the piano accordion was painted as the instrument of geriatric gringos, but the scenes of teenage girls screaming over an accordion player make up for it, I guess. I admit that I do envy those diatonic button boxes for their sportin' compactness, but I don't think I could ever wrap my mind around that in-out different-note thing. This website includes quite a bit of material from the show, a few things not included in the show and a nice helping of audio.