How the wolves have survived (Los Lobos)

“Los Lobos have traveled a long road since rising out of East Los Angeles some 30-plus years ago. In that time, the band has gone from playing traditional Mexican folk songs at weddings and quinceaneras to rattling clubs, bars and amphitheaters with their soulful, blues-addled punk to tripping through the dreamscape of 1992’s groundbreaking Kiko, one of the singular albums of the last decade.

But, in a lot of ways, the close-knit quintet never left the neighborhood that spawned them ”” which is why they still feel compelled to appear at community events such as the Santa Paula Citrus Festival, where they’ll perform (for free) on Saturday, July 15. It helps remind them of where they came from, and how important that place has been to making Los Lobos what they are today, three decades on.”

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