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ABOUT LOS LOBOS

GENRE ROCK

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It’s a matter of time. 50 years to be exact. And in that time Los Lobos have created an unprecedented body of work, a legacy of greatness. The numbers are staggering: 100+ gigs a year for five decades running, crossing millions of miles to rock millions of fans. And that’s just at the live shows. In between they’ve recorded 17 studio albums, 7 live LPs, 3 compilations, 2 EPs, 2 DVDs, and contributed 40+ guest appearances on their friends’ recordings—all garnering 4 Grammys, an Austin City Limits Hall of Fame induction, the ALMA Ritchie Valens Pioneer Award, NEA and Hispanic Heritage Foundation Honors, Congressional recognitions, plus countless “Keys to the City” and “Los Lobos Day” celebrations. And those are just a few of the highlights. But beyond all the hoopla and applause (and the source of it all, really) is the tremendous heart. Rather, hearts. Cinco corazones. Five blood brothers who have dedicated their off-stage time to helping others, working for peace and justice, penning some of the most literate and important music of their time, transforming the hard cries from the East L.A. barrio into songs of hope, tales of common folk finding ways to endure. The young wolves were weaned on late-night radio’s soul, R&B, and doo-wop. Were cured through the African-American currents of the blues, jazz, and rock ‘n’ roll. An amalgam. As proud Chicanos, their songs have always glistened with the distillation from their Mexican and Latin American roots—nourished by Norteña and rancheras, buoyed by bolero and cumbias, soaring on the rhythms of son huasteco and son jarocho. Los Lobos have helped spread the rich diversity of cultures across every continent, throughout the global community. Kids in Antwerp now know about Aztlán. Residents of Luxor and Ghana are crooning Lalo Guerrero. People from Laos and Bulgaria are belting “La Bamba”—all thanks to The Wolves as cultural ambassadors. Talk about a living legacy. Talk about a productive half century. And in the true rebel spirit, they did it all on their own terms, against formula. For the ages. To our delight. Quite simply, they are one of the tightest, one of the best, one of the most prolific bands ever. And, amazingly, with the original founding members as the pack the entire time. Unprecedented. As their liner notes put it, quite simply: “Los Lobos still are David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Jr., Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, Steve Berlin.”

DRUNKEN HEARTS

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Break Never Bend isn’t just the title of Drunken Hearts’ fourth full-length album, it’s a manifesto. A portrait of a “free land” where people would rather shatter than surrender. A place where principles matter more than comfort. It’s also singer/songwriter Andrew McConathy staring back at himself: a decade-plus of choosing the hard road, of refusing to smooth the rough edges, of breaking rather than bending. It cost him. But it kept his band alive.

Produced by six-time Grammy winner Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, Break Never Bend is the album McConathy was born to make. Uncompromising, ambitious, earned through over a decade of grinding and finding his sound from coast to coast: The Green Parrot, Key West. Brooklyn Bowl, New York. FloydFest, The Fillmore, and his own Yarmony Music Festival on the Colorado River. Plus Red Rocks.

Louisiana-born and Colorado-raised, McConathy leads Drunken Hearts with an unpolished, defiant vocal that refuses to apologize. Channeled through James Dumm on guitars, Drew Packard on bass, and Eric Low on drums, it’s an outlaw country-rock sound forged on stage long before it reached a studio. Berlin captured it without sanding it down. Break Never Bend is what happens when you don’t compromise. Due 2027.

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