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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

WHEN MOST clubs put "Latin Night" on their schedules, it means "Salsa Night," with a live band or DJs offering songs for dancing. But there are many other kinds of Latino music in the area, including ...

The story of Emilio Morales and Maria Madrigal reads like a rock ‘n’ roll romance. Morales, a Mexican immigrant and graphic designer, played in one of L.A.’s first rock en espanol bands in the early ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...