Sitting outside of Tartine Bakery on a Thursday afternoon, Lucero’s Ben Nichols and Brian Venable stand out like a couple of blue-collar Southern sore thumbs among their Hollywood surroundings. But ...

Being beloved but not a household name has served Lucero well. "Over the last 24 (years), we've been really lucky we never got too famous, so we were always able to do exactly what we wanted to do at ...

After 17 years of playing and staying together, the members of Lucero are family. Cranking out albums and touring hard throughout their tenure, they've diversified their sound and grown an equally ...

As a band with a quarter-century of gigs to its credit, Lucero has downshifted its touring ambitions in recent years. These days it’s out on the road for a crisp 100 dates or so, a considerable amount ...

“After our first performance, I wasn’t sure they would have us back,” jokes Lucero vocalist Ben Nichols from Riot Fest’s Rise Stage, referring to the band’s 2014 appearance in Humboldt Park. It’s ...

Ben Nichols is friendly with Michael Shannon. His brother, director Jeff Nichols, has cast Shannon in all five of his films. And the Oscar-nominated actor stars in a video -- a short film, really -- ...

Part country, part folk with an added heaping of punk rock, this outfit covers the musical gamut. Even the band members have varying opinions on how to define their sound. “We’re each playing in a ...

One of the last times Lucero performed in Lubbock, front man Ben Nichols was feeling way under the weather. "We've had some of our more infamous shows in Lubbock," Nichols said laughing. "Yeah, one ...

Lucero hails from Memphis, Tennessee. Their hard-edged rockÍnÍroll sound has morphed to a combination of southern R&B and country. When you grow up in a musically rich city like Memphis, Tennessee, ...