LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE’s RAICES (‘Roots’) Will Debut At #1 On The “Top Latin Albums” Chart

After Recently Garnering The Best Norteño Album GRAMMY Award For The Second-Consecutive Year, The World’s “most influential regional Mexican group” Continues To Demonstrate Their Role As Genre Leaders By Adding Yet Another #1 Debut To Their Legendary Career Tally.

 

While Los Tigres del Norte Has Always Given Voice To The Most Pressing Issues of The Day Facing The Immigrant Community, They Have Also Been Guardians Of Mexican & Mexican-American Cultural History. With The Appropriately Named Raices – The First Of Two Los Tigres del Norte Albums Planned For Release This Year – The Legendary Musicians Honor The Best Of That Heritage With Newly Recorded Versions Of Classic Mexican Songs.

 

With The Top Latin Album In The Country, Los Tigres Is Also Once Again Racing Up The Radio Chart, As The Album’s First Single “Rumbo al Sur” Has Jumped to #7 On Billboard’s “Hot Latin Songs” Chart

 

“Los Tigres del Norte/Raices … unequivocally the most important norteño band of the last 40 years… Leader Jorge Hernandez, along with his brothers and cousin, continues to have such command of the genre’s stylings. Listen to numbers such as “El Rey” and “El Hijo del Pueblo” for a lesson on how to communicate a norteño tune filled with organic accordion riffs and plenty of lyrical power. On “El Golpe Traidor” we get pure ranchera anguish. Then on “Sangre Caliente” we witness motherland pride amidst a jaunty beat.  Los Tigres are no novices to the romantic bolero, the classic Latin ballads of a bygone era. They usually include at least one on each CD release. Here we have two, the reflective “Cien Años” and the mournful “Sin Ti.” In both cases, the Norte men expertly merge accordion-fueled countryside instrumentation with saxophone-smooth city elegance, especially in the silky vocals. The results enhance their repertoire… Los Tigres del Norte aren’t the only norteño band on the scene these days…  But you could always pick them out of the line-up. They are the only norteño group that really matters.” – Dallas Morning News, 3/11/08

 

- Look For Los Tigres Del Norte To Play For Over 17,000 Hometown Fans On March 22^nd in San Jose, Followed By A March 28^th Los Angeles Show At The Gibson Amphitheater

 

“… New Times asks a few migrants a question: Does anyone have an experience worthy of a Tigres song? Most of the men stare at their feet, shifting a little. Then a Guatemalan named Freddy grins, “I do,” he says, and tells of his 15-day journey from Guatemala, through Mexico, and across the Rio Grande. Mexican migrant Enrique shakes his head and intercepts: “Dude, Los Tigres already did that one. It was ‘Tres Veces Mojado’… With a career spanning four decades and 55 albums, this multiple-Grammy-winning band has turned nearly every story into song. So it’s little wonder last year’s Grammy was a Lifetime Achievement Award… their upcoming release, Raices, is an effort to recapture classic Mexican songs…‘We hope that when people have this CD, they feel like we do. It’s a way to identify with your people, roots, customs, and experiences.’… Back in Homestead, New Times is still curious to know whose story might make for a Tigres ballad. Prying produces only pursed lips from the migrants, until Enrique finally speaks up again: “Illegals don’t have any stories to tell, remember?’… So Los Tigres tell the stories you all can’t?’ asks New Times. ‘You got that right,’ Enrique replies.”

- Miami New Times, 2/14/08

 

 

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

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