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Monday Morning Video – Robert Randolph with Los Lobos

Monday, March 06, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Let’s spend another week with Robert Randolph, this time sitting in with the legendary Los Lobos on a rousing version of the band’s “Don’t Worry Baby”.

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Los Lobos, Robert Randolph

Monday Morning Video – X on the Fourth of July

Monday, July 04, 2022 By Mayer Danzig

It’s not often, in fact pretty rare, that I get to share one of my favorite songs on the day that it’s supposed to be heard. So I’m going to jump at the chance to share one of my all-time favorite songs – Dave Alvin’s “Fourth of July”. While my introduction to the song was […]

Filed Under: Americana, Videos Tagged With: Dave Alvin, Flaco Jimenez, Los Cenzontles, Los Lobos, X

Monday Morning Video – Los Lobos

Monday, January 28, 2019 By Mayer Danzig

Let’s start the week with a question. Why aren’t Los Lobos in the Rock Hall of Fame? Over their more than 45 year career, they’ve demonstrated a mastery of broad musical styles alongside a tremendous commitment to artistic creativity and craft. Their live performances bring this range to life with an infectious energy. Here are […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Folk, Rockabilly, Videos Tagged With: Bob Weir, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Los Lobos, Robert Randolph

Readers’ Pick: Best of Summer 2015

Friday, October 02, 2015 By Tom Osborne

BOBBY LONG , Ode to Thinking beats out PUGWASH, Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) as your favorite for the Summer of 2015. Readers’ Top 25 – Summer 2015 BOBBY LONG, Ode to Thinking (134) PUGWASH, Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) (78) JASON ISBELL, Something More Than Free (34) THE BLACKBERRY BUSHES STRINGBAND, Three […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Readers' Pick Tagged With: Black Lillies, Blitzen Trapper, Joe Ely, Joe Jackson, Los Lobos, Matt Nathanson, Mipso, Ryan Adams, The Bottle Rockets, Webb Wilder, Wood Brothers

Americana 2015: The Sounds, Part 3

Thursday, October 01, 2015 By Shawn Underwood

Mayer has given us his thoughts on favorite performances at the AMA conference and festival; time for me to weigh in with mine. The Traveling Minstrel Show – One of my two favorite surprises from the festival was central Wisconsin-based Horseshoes & Hand Grenades. They were the first band I saw outside the awards show […]

Filed Under: Americana Music Conference, Reviews Tagged With: Amy McCarley, Caleb Klauder, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Hot Rize, Kevin Gordon, Kingsley Flood, Legendary Shack Shakers, Los Lobos, Patrick Sweany, Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers, Sarah Borges, Session Americana

Readers’ Pick: All A Man Should Do by Lucero

Friday, September 25, 2015 By Tom Osborne

Lucero - All A Man Can Do - cover art

LUCERO, All A Man Should Do beats out DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE, Nashville Obsolete as your favorite for the week of September 18, 2015. Poll Results New Releases LOS LOBOS, Gates Of Gold Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Dave Alvin, dave rawlings machine, Don Henley, Gabrielle Aplin, Joe Ely, Keith Richards, Kim Simmonds, Los Lobos, Lucero, Patrick Sweany, Patty Griffin, Phil Alvin, Ryan Adams, Sam Morrow, Savoy Brown, The Dead Weather, Webb Wilder

Monday Morning Video – Vintage Los Lobos

Monday, May 11, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Let’s kick it old school this week with a classic from one of rock music’s true legends. These guys can do it all, from the Mexican music of their heritage to blues to rock and everything in-between. Here’s a full concert from 1989 that proves the point. Over the course of an hour-long show they […]

Filed Under: Blues, Folk, Pop, Rock, Roots, Videos Tagged With: Los Lobos

Mayer’s Playlist for December 2014

Wednesday, December 31, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

THE PLAYLIST I Can’t Do Crazy (Anymore), Willie Nile (from the River House Records release If I Was a River) Nile has been letting his guitar do the talking for the past several years, throwing down rock records that should be the envy of musicians a fraction of his age. This one is a little […]

Filed Under: Americana, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Dina Regine, Los Lobos, Radical Face, Sam Llanas, The Contenders, Willie Nile

Monday Morning Video: Alejandro Escovedo and David Hidalgo Take on Neil Young

Monday, January 27, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

How about this one. The Alejandro Escovedo band with special guest David Hidalgo of Los Lobos rocking “Like a Hurricane.”

Filed Under: Rock, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, David Hidalgo, Los Lobos, Neil Young

Monday Morning Video: Dave Alvin, Flaco Jimenez & Los Lobos

Monday, July 02, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

Last week I posted a video featuring Alejandro Escovedo joining Los Lobos at an LA performance earlier this year. Apparently Alejandro wasn’t the only guest that evening for what must have been an incredible evening of music. Here’s Dave Alvin and Flaco Jimenez joining Los Lobos for Alvin’s classic — and seasonal — song “Fourth […]

Filed Under: Americana, Videos Tagged With: Dave Alvin, Flaco Jimenez, Los Lobos

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