Los Lobos Christmas

Rising up out of east l a.

Los lobos christmas. Los lobos brought some holiday cheer to the npr offices recently as the veteran tex mex rock outfit is the latest to appear on the popular tiny desk concert series. Mon oct 19 20 rip bob biggs. Los lobos have covered a lot of ground over the course of their more than four decades long career but they had never recorded christmas music. David s vocals are sweet and soulful.

Los lobos features david hidalgo louie perez cesar rosas conrad lozano steve berlin and cougar estrada. The grammy winning group researched nearly 150 christmas related songs from across north central and south america for the collections eventually narrowing the list down to the songs they wanted to reinvent in their own inimitable style. Composed for llegó navidad by david hidalgo and louie perez christmas and you is sure to become a modern classic. Comes the first ever holiday album from los lobos.

The album is titled llego navidad and it includes holiday music from all over latin america. On october 4 2019 los lobos released llegó navidad an album of christmas music from central america and south america with mexican folk songs as well as an original song by hidalgo and pérez. Earlier this month they rectified that with the release of llegó navidad on rhino records. For 2019 s llegó navidad los lobos sifted through dozens of christmas songs in a variety of latin genres from south and central america as well as mexico along with a few obscurities from the united states and what they ve delivered is a collection of tunes that with two exceptions has flown far under the radar of mainstream listeners in north america.

The holiday ballad was written by band members david hidalgo and louie pérez. On january 1 2020 los lobos performed as the finale at the rose parade in pasadena california. Los lobos who went mainstream for their recording of la bamba is back with a new album perfect for christmas that the whole family will love.