The Mexican folk-music genre that inspired Ritchie Valens’ 1958 hit single “La Bamba” is making a comeback in the U.S. and Mexico, as a new generation of young bands revives traditional sounds. The ...
Y La Bamba, the Portland-based indie band helmed by singer-songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza, have spent the past decade weaving both dynamic guitarwork and regional-Mexican flair into the vivid tapestry ...
Y La Bamba craft folk art into psychedelic swirling songs. The ethereal sound of Luz Elena Mendoza's voice is captivating -- whether she's singing in English or Spanish -- and caught the ear of Los ...
One of the more intriguing artists in indie folk-pop circles, Mexican-American singer-songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza brings her Portland, Oregon-based band Y La Bamba to Nectar’s in Burlington on ...
"Dibujos de Mi Alma," the lead single from experimental folk band Y La Bamba's upcoming album, Lucha, captures how it feels to yearn for someone while trying to avoid the pitfalls of toxic love. Lead ...
[CULTURES CLASHING] The idea of mashing together the disparate worlds of conjuntos from south of the border and modern, rain-soaked pop is a great one. But Y La Bamba has never really been able to put ...
Luzelena Mendoza, who is the frontwoman of the Portland band Y La Bamba, is something of a mystic, or at least it feels that way when you watch her sing erratically, in short breaths and her version ...
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