New LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Album RAICES Set For March 4th Release

RAICES (“Roots”) Will Be The First Of Two New Los Tigres Records Planned For Release This Year, As The World’s “Most Influential Regional Mexican group” Celebrates Four Decades Of Making Music. While Los Tigres del Norte Has Always Given Voice To The Most Pressing Issues Facing The Immigrant Community, They Have Also Been Guardians Of The Community’s Cultural History. With The Appropriately Named Raices, The Legendary Los Tigres Honor The Best Of That Heritage With Newly Recorded Versions Of Classic Mexican Songs

 

“Los Tigres is the most enduring binational band today because it hears the humble… Los Tigres del Norte has reinvented Mexican popular music… Every record sells a million copies…. Its logo is as well known in Mexican communities as Coca-Cola’s … Los Tigres [are] the most perceptive chroniclers of the Mexican American experience. In song, they reflect its most personal feelings, and take the side of these millions of immigrants who are voiceless on both sides of the border… following a Los Tigres concert schedule is to discover all the places Mexicans live… The songs of Los Tigres del Norte remain one of the clearest windows into the immigrant soul.”

–         Los Angeles Times Magazine

 

During an unrivaled career as “[Regional Mexican] music’s greatest statesmen”(NY Times), the family band, known throughout the world as the legendary Los Tigres del Norte have been the immigrant community’s leading voice on issues of the day, as well as stewards of the people’s traditions and cultural heritage.  While the group continually chronicles the ongoing struggles of Mexican-Americans in the United States, it also provides a musical reminder of home and history.  Nowhere was this more evident then when the Hernandez family donated half-a-million dollars to UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center to fund the preservation of thousands of the earliest known recordings of Mexican music.

 

This year,  as Los Tigres del Norte celebrates four decades of making music (that began after crossing the border with oldest brother Jorge Hernandez just fourteen years old), the trail-blazing group plans to release two new albums that will respectively pay-tribute to the musicians that came before them, and then of course continuing their modern day chronicles through corridos.  On March 4^th, Fonovisa Records will release the new Los Tigres album RAICES (“Roots”). As the album’s name details, this album finds Los Tigres sharing their take on some of the most culturally significant and historic titles from the songbook of Mexican folkloric tradition.  “Rumbo al Sur” – a famed ranchera with Tigres bassist Hernan Hernandez singing lead – has just gone to radio as the first single from the album.

 

While Los Tigres del Norte is tipping their hat to the songs of the past, they do not plan to rest on the laurels of the band’s own history.  This will become evident not only with a second Los Tigres album planned for August, but also with a soon-to-be announced digital partnership that will be the most comprehensive ever launched in the Regional-Mexican genre.  Likewise, even though they are already multiple GRAMMY, LATIN GRAMMY and PREMIO LO NUESTRO winners (not to mention recent recipients of the Latin Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award), Los Tigres continue to be recognized for each new recording, as they currently hold yet another GRAMMY nomination and THREE PREMIO LO NUESTRO nominations for their last album Detalles. Look for Los Tigres to begin sharing the songs of Raices this week as they return to the road for their marathon concerts that visit fairgrounds, rodeos, concert halls & armory dances across the country.

 

Look For Los Tigres del Norte At These Upcoming Concert Appearances

Feb 01- ALBUQUERQUE, NM      Fantazia Ballroom          Feb 21 – Premio Lo Nuestro Awards (Presenters)

Feb 02 – EL PASO, TX             El Paso Coliseum          Feb 22 – FT MYERS, FL           Lee Civic Center

Feb 03 – LUBBOCK, TX          Salon Crystal                 Feb 23 – W. PALM BEACH, FL     S. Florida Fairgrounds

Feb 08 – RALEIGH, NC            Disco Rodeo                 Feb 24 – ORLANDO, FL          Kissimmee Arena

Feb 09 – ATLANTA, GA          Far West Rodeo            Mar 22 – SAN JOSE, CA          Convention Center

Feb 10 – SAN ANTONIO, TX   San Antonio Rodeo        Mar 23 – NAMPA, ID              Nampa Arena

Feb 15 – BOSTON, MA            Club Lido                      Mar 28 – LOS ANGELES, CA  Gibson Ampitheater

Feb 16 – WASHINGTON, DC  DC Armory                  Mar 29 – Tucson, AZ                Casino Del Sol

Feb 17 – MIAMI, FL                 Dolphin Stadium (At Honduras vs. Guatemala Soccer Match) * More to come

 

For more information on Los Tigres Del Norte, please contact John Reilly at 212.445.8440 / jreilly@rogersandcowan.com

Or Sylvia Bedrosian at 212.445.8424 / sbedrosian@rogersandcowan.com

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LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Estrenan Su Nuevo

Album RAICES El 4 De Marzo

 

RAICES será el primero de dos discos que estrenarán Los Tigres  éste año como el grupo “Regional Mexicano más influyente” celebrando cuatro décadas creando música. Mientras Los Tigres del Norte han brindado una voz sobre temas sociales afectando la comunidad de inmigrantes, también han sido guardianes de la historia cultural de la comunidad.

Con el nombre apropiado de Raices, los legendarios Tigres del Norte Honran Lo Mejor de esa herencia grabando versions nuevas de canciones clásicas Mexicanas.

 

Con una carrera inigualable como “Los mejores de la música regional Mexicana”(NY Times), la banda de familia, conocida alrededor del mundo como los legendarios Tigres del Norte, han sido la voz principal de la comunidad de inmigrantes, en temas actuales, como tambien auxiliaries engendrando la tradición y herencia cultural.. Mientras el grupo continua sus crónicas sobre la lucha constante de los Mexicanos-Americanos en los Estados Unidos, a la misma vez brindan un recuerdo musical de su patria e historia. Nunca fue ésta más evidente que cuando la familia Hernández donó medio-millón de dólares al Centro de Estudios Chicanos de la Universidad de UCLA como patrocinio de la conservación de la música regional Mexicana más antigua.

 

Este año, Los Tigres del Norte celebra cuatro decadas de crear música (cual comenzó luego de cruzar la frontera con el hermano mayor, Jorge Hernández, con tan solo 14 años de edad), el grupo piensa estrenar dos discos en tributo a los músicos precedentes y luego, por supuesto, continuar con sus crónicas a través de corridos. El 4 de marzo, Fonovisa Records estrenará el Nuevo album de Los Tigres RAICES. Como bien describe el título, en éste album Los Tigres comparten canciones culturalmente e historicamente significantes obtenidas del libro de canciones folkloricas Mexicanas. “Rumbo al Sur” – una ranchera famosa con el bajista de Los Tigres, Hernán Hernández como vocalista principal – actualemte suena en la radio como el primer sencillo del álbum.

 

Mientras Los Tigres del Norte honran canciones del pasado, no piensasn dejar de hacer historia.  Esto será evidente con el segundo disco que estrenarán en agosto, como tambien con una co-alición cual sera la más extensa en el género de la música regional Mexicana.  Aunque ya han ganado multiples GRAMMY, LATIN GRAMMY y PREMIO LO NUESTRO (sin mencionar que recientemente fueron honrados por el Latin Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award), Los Tigres continúan siendo reconocidos por cada nuevo disco a la vez que una nominación al Grammy y tres nominaciones a los PREMIO LO NUESTRO por su último álbum Detalles. Los Tigres comenzarán a compartir las canciones de Raices ésta semana mientras regresan al maratón de conciertos alrededor del país.

 

Fecha De Conciertos De Los Tigres del Norte

Feb 01- ALBUQUERQUE, NM      Fantazia Ballroom          Feb 22 – FT MYERS, FL           Lee Civic Center

Feb 02 – EL PASO, TX             El Paso Coliseum          Feb 23 – W. PALM BEACH, FL     S. Florida Fairgrounds

Feb 03 – LUBBOCK, TX          Salon Crystal                 Feb 24 – ORLANDO, FL          Kissimmee Arena

Feb 08 – RALEIGH, NC            Disco Rodeo                 Mar 22 – SAN JOSE, CA          Convention Center

Feb 09 – ATLANTA, GA          Far West Rodeo            Mar 23 – NAMPA, ID              Nampa Arena

Feb 10 – SAN ANTONIO, TX   San Antonio Rodeo        Mar 28 – LOS ANGELES, CA  Gibson Ampitheater

Feb 15 – BOSTON, MA            Club Lido                      Mar 29 – Tucson, AZ                Casino Del Sol

Feb 16 – WASHINGTON, DC  DC Armory                  * Más por anunciar

Feb 17 – MIAMI, FL                 Dolphin Stadium (At Honduras vs. Guatemala Soccer Match)

Feb 21 – Premio Lo Nuestro  (Presentadores)

 

Para más información sobre Los Tigres Del Norte, favor de contactar a John Reilly al 212.445.8440 / jreilly@rogersandcowan.com

ó Sylvia Bedrosian al 212.445.8424 / sbedrosian@rogersandcowan.com“

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