The Mexican spirit was heartily felt on “The Voice” Tuesday night as contestant Julio Cesar Castillo sang Ritchie Valens’ classic 1958 Mexican folk song “La Bamba” and quickly got the crowd and the ...

“When I was a little girl I loved mariachi and the conjuntos and all the little trios and singing at church,” Mendoza fondly remembers. It’s hard to imagine Mendoza, six feet tall with striking ...

Polish up your “La Bamba.” For the 10th year in a row, some of the top mariachi groups in the country are coming to Phoenix to help ring in the holiday season. The Christmas Mariachi Festival is “an ...

Nati Cano was 7 when he started playing mariachi music in a group with family members in Mexico. He loved the music but didn’t care for the life. “We’d play saloons, and I remember one day playing for ...

[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 ...

Hailing from the rain-soaked, indie folk hub that is Portland, Ore., the members of Y La Bamba are pretty far from their Latin inspirations. But this pop outfit is centered around the powerful, ...

Young and old, the artists who made it to Pickathon this summer tended to be seasoned performers. Up-and-comers, sure, but pros. No way a high school mariachi band makes the list, right? Except for ...

Y La Bamba have unveiled a dizzying, psychedelic clip for their new track, “Boca Llena.” The song is the third single off the group’s upcoming LP, Mujeres, out February 8th on Tender Loving Empire ...