Los Lobos
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Profile by Don Snowden, Musician, May 1983
THE SET PASSES the midway point without incident when a commotion suddenly breaks out in the packed, sweat-drenched crowd on the dance floor. Rival gangs ...
Report and Interview by Dave Zimmer, BAM, 1 July 1983
But bands find it's a long way from the Barrio to Hollywood... ...
Overview by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 8 January 1984
EVER SINCE Ritchie Valens rocketed into the national spotlight a quarter century ago with 'La Bamba', Los Angeles' Latino musicians have made repeated attempts to ...
Los Lobos: How Will The Wolf Survive? (Slash/Warner Bros.)
Review by Don Waller, Los Angeles Times, 25 November 1984
HOWLIN' WOLVES ...
Los Lobos: How Will The Wolf Survive?
Review by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 10 December 1984
THE EAST L.A. musical landscape is littered with one hit wonders who plunged back to obscurity as swiftly as they escaped from it, but the ...
Interview by Gene Santoro, Downbeat, April 1985
FROM THE beginning, the real "news" about rock & roll has been the way it's ransacked, revitalized, and rearranged the musical styles that gave birth ...
Profile and Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 11 April 1985
East L.A.'s favorite sons can play everything from blues to Tex-Mex ...
Los Lobos: Lords of the Barrio
Interview by Adam Sweeting, Melody Maker, 20 April 1985
Suddenly, LOS LOBOS are shaping up to be stars with their LP How Will The Wolf Survive and scorching single 'Don't Worry Baby'. Adam Sweeting ...
Los Lobos: By The Light of the Moon (Slash)
Review by Don Snowden, The Boston Phoenix, 27 January 1987
‘ONE TIME One Night’ kicks off Los Lobos's By The Light of the Moon (Slash) with such instantly riveting command and power that it seems ...
Los Lobos: Charing Cross Road Astoria, London
Live Review by Andy Gill, Sounds, 14 February 1987
CRAZY LIKE A WOLF ...
Los Lobos: By The Light Of The Moon (Warner Bros 1-25523)
Review by Gene Santoro, Downbeat, April 1987
BY NOW it should be pretty damn clear to anybody with ears that these guys are no novelty act ready to fade back into the ...
Los Lobos: A Story of Survival
Interview by Mark Rowland, Musician, April 1987
YOU CAN'T say Los Lobos is special just because they've been together thirteen years, or because most of the band has known one another since ...
What's wrong with this instrument? Nothing!
Overview by John Morthland, High Fidelity, August 1987
The rehabilitation of the accordion: American pop's got a squeeze-box. ...
Los Lobos: The Company Of Wolves
Interview by Paul Sexton, Record Mirror, 8 August 1987
It's Tex-Mex, tortilla chips with everything and a large helping of Mexican folklore with Los Lobos, who reached numero uno in the charts with a ...
Los Lobos: La Pistola y El Corazon
Review by Geoffrey Himes, The Washington Post, 14 October 1988
THE DIFFERENCE between Linda Ronstadt's recent album of Mexican folk standards and Los Lobos' new album of Mexican folk standards, La Pistola y El Corazon, ...
Los Lobos: Just Another Band From East L.A. — A Collection
Review by Eric Weisbard, Spin, November 1993
BOX SETS generally exhaust you with their completeness; greatest-hits albums worship a few select songs. ...
Profile and Interview by Richard Gehr, Spin, June 1996
Years down the road, Los Lobos defy all odds, making the most radically experimental music of their career. Richard Gehr hones in on their secret ...
Los Lobos: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles CA
Live Review by Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 13 October 1997
From Blues-Based Riffs to Norteño, Los Lobos Deliver an Intense Set ...
Los Lobos: Just Another Band From East L.A./El Cancionero – Mas y Mas
Review by Geoffrey Himes, Rolling Stone, 9 November 2000
The rare first album and a new four-disc set from the Mexican-American greats ...
The Entertainers: Learning from Los Lobos
Review by Nick Hornby, The New Yorker, 23 April 2001
WHAT A PIECE OF WORK is a boxed set! How infinite(ish) in faculty! In action, how like an angel! ...
How The Wolf Survived: Los Lobos’ 30-Year Ride
Sleeve notes by Roy Trakin, Hollywood Records, 2004
"Someday I will go home /And I’ll find peace in the house/Of my heavenly father." (‘Someday’) ...
Los Lobos: 30 Years of Eclectic Rock
Review and Interview by Bud Scoppa, Paste, 1 June 2004
IN AN OLD BRICK BUILDING on the gritty end of Sunset Boulevard, the five members of Los Lobos are nearing the end of a day ...
Review by Joe Nick Patoski, Harp, September 2004
WHEN IT COMES to defining American music over the past quarter century, no band comes close to Los Lobos. ...
Review by Pete Paphides, The Times, 6 August 2010
Another quality offering from the L.A. outfit who once styled themselves "just another band" – but are definitely not. ...
Review and Interview by Bud Scoppa, Uncut, September 2010
East LA's finest return to their roots and deliver a landmark album ...
The Other Side of '80s L.A. Rock
Retrospective by Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado, 2018
THE IMAGE OF Los Angeles rock in the '80s is imprinted like a tacky tattoo: bands with poofed-up hair and eyeliner, girls with poofed-up hair ...
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