Where rock and roll and passion meet, you can find Chicano legend Ritchie Valens waiting. At this intersection and cherished sanctuary is music. “La Bamba” (1987)underscores how Valens defined the ...

LAST Friday was the anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. It’s the passing of Buddy Holly that has tended to engender the most coverage down the ...

The 1950’s in America: Families would gather around the television every night, and young people sang and danced to the rock and roll of Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry. For a short time, there was also ...

“We are made in Los Angeles. And we have a story to tell,” say the band Las Cafeteras, seven musicians from East L.A. who write songs about the struggles of Chicanos, Latinos, and other oppressed ...

At Cathedral High School last week, someone started singing it in English class-and things got out of hand. ”The whole class started singing it, and they wouldn`t stop,” says Norma Martinez, a 17-year ...

Jake Hoot says he hopes his music video for "La Bamba" brings a smile during a difficult year, and frankly, if you're frowning after watching this clip, you're probably just upside-down. The Season 17 ...

La Bamba! is an explosive new musical starring Strictly Come Dancing’s Pasha Kovalev, The Wanted’s Siva Kaneswaran and rising star Inês Fernandez in the lead role of Sofia. With breath-taking ...

"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 ...

BIZARRE footage shows disgraced actor Kevin Spacey singing and playing guitar with a local band on the streets of Seville. The two-time Oscar winner, 60, the subject of numerous sex abuse allegations, ...