Artist: Los Lobos
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #73 Jan-Feb 2008
John Mellencamp / Los Lobos – Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines, IA) Bob Dylan / Elvis Costello – Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa City, IA)
Following the raucous reception for “Small Town”, one of John Mellencamp’s heartland anthems that have as much resonance in Iowa as they do in his native Indiana, the Hoosier populist mentioned there was a visitor backstage who was also from a small town. “I’ve had a friend for seven-eight years who just happens to be [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #65 Sep-Oct 2006
Los Lobos – Back to the future
“We try to take the music to different places, to challenge ourselves to come up with something we haven’t done before. But at the same time, everything we do is rooted in American music or Latin American music.” – David Hidalgo Once a veteran band marks its 30th anniversary, it can be difficult to distinguish [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #57 May-June 2005
Los Lobos – Live At The Fillmore
For a number of years I worked with one of the foremost tapers and traders of live concert bootlegs. He has a remarkable memory for nuance and can distinguish small details between performances of the same song throughout a tour. I could never figure out how he had time to listen, nor reason to care. [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #53 Sept-Oct 2004
Los Lobos – Ride This: The Covers EP
This EP comes quickly on the heels of the full-length The Ride, serving as a companion piece and providing further evidence of Los Lobos’ impressive versatility. The Ride featured guest collaborations from a variety of musicians, some of them idols, some peers. On Ride This, Los Lobos say thanks to seven of those collaborators in [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #51 May-June 2004
Los Lobos – The Ride
When a seasoned act gets around to releasing a cameo-filled album, it’s typically time for cynical critics to sharpen their carving knives. Maybe the album is stacked with lesser talents whose commercial fortunes have exceeded the principal artist. Or the marquee guests are only tangentially related to the artist in question, but their profiles overshadow [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #40 July-Aug 2002
Los Lobos – Good Morning Aztlán
It seems like just yesterday that Los Lobos soared out of East L.A. on a hot wind blast of Mexican-American roots music and punk-inspired DIY spirit. The fact that the lineup is the same as it’s been since the get-go — high school buddies Louie Perez, David Hidalgo, Conrad Lozano, and Cesar Rosas (plus Steve [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #30 Nov-Dec 2000
Los Lobos – Not Just Another Band from East L.A.
I’m going to write about East L.A. I’m going to write about the fruit vendors, the sewing women in the sweatshops, the smell of the tortilleria, the sounds that waft through the air on Saturdays from backyard parties, the Mexican music that was played, the dresser-top altars in Catholic homes. – Louie Perez, Los Lobos [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #3 Spring 1996
Los Lobos – Colossal Head
Are Los Lobos the best band in the land? Evidence for this position can be found on their moving concept album The Neighborhood (1990) and even more strongly on the quirky/brilliant Kiko (1992). On these records, Los Lobos did much more than synthesize an impressive array of influences; they created their own unique and important [...]
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