The Galvan Ballroom's location is as much a part of its history as the musical acts that have played there in the past 70 years. "When they first built the building, everybody mentioned that perhaps ...

is your neighborhood reporter for North Beach, Downtown Corpus Christi and the Bay Area. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — "He was a giant in the industry around here," local musician and friend of Bobby Galvan ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Bobby Galvan Sr., the father of 94th District Court Judge Bobby Galvan and the son of a founding member of LULAC, has died. Galvan was a talented and important musical figure ...

South Texas musician Robert "Bobby" Maurice Galvan Sr. performed every year at the Texas Jazz Festival for decades, operated the historic Galvan Ballroom and started Galvan Music Co., leaving his mark ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — This year’s Texas Jazz Festival took on a different note, one of remembrance, as the community honored the late Bobby Galvan Sr., a founding member of the long-running event.

CORPUS CHRISTI - Most folks know Galvan Music Co., and its adjoined ballroom, are the 1940s and 1950s Corpus Christi connection to Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa and Trios Los Ponchos. But ...

José Galván delivers an infectious harmony of varied sounds and pieces their relevance to each other. Language does not play a barrier in his musical selections, but rather uses the melody to create a ...