Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos of Y La Bamba Credit: Jenn Carrillo The first song I heard from Y La Bamba was the title track from 2016’s tender and expansive Ojos del Sol. The music had a transformative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to Lou Diamond Phillips, no one foresaw “industry-shifting box-office hit” while making La Bamba, the 1987 favorite ...

A remake of 1987’s La Bamba is in the works. Directed and written by Luis Valdez, La Bamba is a 1987 film that follows the life of musician Ritchie Valens. Lou Diamond Phillips played Valens in the ...

Y La Bamba released their seventh album, Lucha, today. The title has a double meaning: it’s the nickname of primary member Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos, but it also means “to fight.” Luz says “’Lucha’ is a ...

Has the well really run so completely dry? Are there no interesting musicians left to explore? How in the world are we getting another version of La Bamba before we even make any headway on the ...

To dance the Bamba, one needs a bit of grace. That is an English translation of one of the lyrics from “La Bamba.” It was a Mexican folk song Richard Steven Valenzuela learned from his cousin. By 1958 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. “It was this slow awakening,” recalled Lou Diamond Phillips. “You ...