Los Lobos News

Los Lobos: the wolves, just another band from East L.A., a band of talented rockers with more than 30 years of experience in the music business.

Members of San Pablo's Mexican folkloric group LOS CENZONTLES unveil their new CD, "American Horizon," a musical collaboration with blues great Taj Mahal and Latino rock pioneer David Hidalgo .

So, I didn't get around to the news about NASA finding water on the moon until after I'd published my Friday Random Ten for last week.

Not surprisingly, the follow-up to 2008's Cenzontles/Hidalgo collaboration "Songs of Wood & Steel" is a deep, passionate work that showcases the roots side of California's Latino music community.

Sometimes the best gigs happen in the strangest places. There I was, eating fondue on Saturday night, and getting ready to go see Los Lobos at Harrah's in Chester.

The great East Los Angeles rock and roll band Los Lobos have been signed to Disney owned Hollywood Records for years.

LOS CENZONTLES: AMERICAN HORIZON . This is an example of how creative and open minds can put different cultures to work and create something simple yet amazing.

They've come a long way from east L.A., and on Nov. 21 the enduring Chicano band Los Lobos brings its unique sound to Goshen.

Although operating within differing musical temperaments, Gov't Mule and Los Lobos have maintained devout jam-band and Americana followings over the years.

It was in the hallways of Garfield High School and on the streets of East Los Angeles where members of Los Lobos first began to surprise their listeners.

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. Location: Cost: $45, $40, $25 For more information or tickets: Call 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu Web site: www.loslobos.org GOSHEN, Ind.

Bob Dylan is arguably the hardest-working icon in show business. If the 68-year-old singer/songwriter isn't the hardest working, he is at least one of the most consistently working.

Considering Los Lobos' spellbinding live shows and landmark experimental albums like 1992's "Kiko," it is surprising the band isn't routinely feted in the music press in the same reverential tones as groups such as Oklahoma space cadets The Flaming Lips or genre-benders Wilco.

Tony Award winners Chita Rivera and Leslie Uggams, as well as Tony nominees Martha Plimpton, Jeanine Tesori and singer-songwriter Nellie McKay are on the bill for Lincoln Center's 2010 American Songbook Series at the Allen Room.

Los Lobos Goes Disney [Disney Sound] 1 2 On paper, at least, the idea of Los Lobos releasing an album comprised solely of songs from Disney films comes off as a supreme waste of time.

In this photo taken Oct. 13, 2009, Mexican pop sensation Thalia reacts as Efrain Fines Nevares, better know as Tito 'El Bambino' from Puerto Rico, right, sing to her on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

Coalition-building came with dance steps, sequins and plenty of rhythm at Fiesta Latina, a concert held Tuesday night in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House as part of the White House Music Series.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15-October 15, President Barack Obama and his wife have arranged a special Latin music evening at the White House on October 13, hosted by comedian George Lopez and actor Jimmy Smits.

Mexican-American band Los Lobos will release "Los Lobos Goes Disney," the group's interpretations of songs from the Mouse's films and theme parks, on Disney Sound Oct.

President Obama's Schedule Today In the morning, President Obama will receive his daily briefings and then meet separately with senior advisers and Vice President Biden in the Oval Office.