Spanish rock has always been central to Latino communities. The genre has signified resistance against societal norms. Rock en español in Southern California generated a vibrant “Rock Angelino” scene ...

Latin ska emanates from unit 318, where a few cars, pickup trucks and a small audience drinking Coronas have converged in the light of a full moon to listen to an impromptu rehearsal of LETAL. “This ...

El rock en español es tan mexicano como la banda sinaloense, la norteña, el son jarocho o el mariachi, de acuerdo con Saúl Hernández, vocalista del legendario grupo Caifanes. Hernández indica que para ...

When Jorge Leal entered academia, he had no intention of studying the music that meant so much to him. “That’s the last thing I wanted to do,” the Pacoima resident says on a recent video call. “I was ...

A concert and conversation with Los Straitjackets, the Nashville-based indie-rock band that's made a name performing surf-rock classics from behind Mexican wrestling masks. The group's latest album, ...

As the live performance industry worries about the health of U.S. Latin concerts, several veteran rock en Espanol bands are touring at a brisk clip, playing sold-out shows nationwide -- even though th ...

In the 1960s, when rock ‘n’ roll bands helped lead a revolution of social change in the United States, Latin America’s young musicians were behind the times. Back then, Latin musicians were only ...

The frontman for the funky-cool Venezuelan band Los Amigos Invisibles prances into the spotlight at the 500-capacity Visulite Theatre in Charlotte, N.C., and plays the crowd as if performing to 20,000 ...

Twenty years from now, releases by Tainy, J Balvin and Bad Bunny will be the most exemplary of 2019; but our rock en español playlist will have you raging like it’s 1999. In case you missed it, here ...

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Chicago has the talent and an audience could be huge, but launching a big rock en espanol scene in this city could take a while according to musicians and promoters. Jorge Valdivia, general manager of ...

For rock en espanol enthusiasts, Friday’s WHATCHA Tour stop at the Aragon Ballroom may be the show of the season: It features top-of-the-line artists such as A.N.I.M.A.L., Aterciopelados, Enanitos ...