Los Lobos are back in the Triangle, just a bit more than four months after their last swing through the area. Check through for some recent and not-so-recent chit-chat with various bandmembers.
Comin' back: Los Lobos
Submitted by dmenconi on 08/07/2010 - 08:15
Los Lobos: Musician, produce thyself
Submitted by dmenconi on 03/23/2010 - 08:19
For the first two decades of their recording history, Los Lobos worked with outside producers in the studio, including T-Bone Burnett and Mitchell Froom. But for their last few albums, they've taken on the production work themselves. Not that even they themselves can define exactly what the words "produced by" even mean.
"To be absolutely honest, what producers do is not clear to me, either," Los Lobos singer/guitarist Louie Perez said in a recent interview. "Rolling the tape back to the beginning of this movie, this band formed in 1973 and made our first real record in 1983. So we'd been together 10 years by then. Had we been together 10 months instead of 10 years, maybe we might have needed more hand-holding. But there's not much you could've told us.
"From our experience with Mitchell Froom, I'll tell you what a producer should be doing. We went into the studio with him to do [1992's] 'Kiko,' which is still my favorite of our albums. He created this environment that was comfortable and creative, and he was there to move things along without getting in the way. I believe that's all you can do with a band like us -- just sit back and create a space to move it along."
For more about Los Lobos' Disney album and their in-progress next album (plus details on their show in Durham this week), see the interview in Tuesday's paper.
Catching up: Gretchen Wilson, Erykah Badu, Duke Performances
Submitted by dmenconi on 07/22/2009 - 11:01
Howdy, folks. I'm back from last week's vacation, and still struggling to catch up. While I do that, take a listen to this and peruse a couple of quick items about upcoming live shows:
New to the TWCMPAWC schedule, redneck gal Gretchen Wilson on Sept. 12 -- because, you know, there just haven't been enough country shows out there this year. On-sale details to come.
Also at the same venue is a show billed as 2009 Soul Music Festival on Aug. 29, headlined by the incomparable Erykah Badu. You can expect her to give an onstage shout-out to our own Ninth Wonder, who produced one of Badu's bigger recent hits. On-sale details also to come.
Over at Duke University, meanwhile, the 2009-10 live-concert season schedule is out, with highlights including Punch Brothers, Rosanne Cash, Los Lobos, Alejandro Escovedo and lots more. Check the complete lineup here.
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