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Publication: The Daily Texan, University of Texas - Austin, Austin TX.
Back home in San Antonio, Radio-television-film junior Rigo Navaira and his sister, UT alumna Destiny Navaira perform Tejano music for a crowd of all ages. But here in Austin, they notice a different vibe.
The crowd is older and venues are smaller. This, they said, is different from the memories of their childhood, when their uncle, Tejano legend Emilio Navaira, would play for large and diverse Austin crowds.
Despite having a small presence at South By Southwest Music Festival, the current Tejano scene in Austin revolves primarily around a series of night clubs like OK Corral, The Texas Club of Austin and Dance Across Texas in South Austin.
Andy Martinez, a retired teacher who wrote his dissertation on the history of Tejano music, said Austin used to be one of the hubs of Tejano music. Today, the...