Los Lobos - Llegó Navidad '2019

Tracks list

Rising up out of East L.A. comes the first ever holiday album from Los Lobos.
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. They even wrote their own holiday original “Christmas
And You,” especially for the album.

David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, and Steve Berlin open
the album with “La Rama” (the branch). This lively song is in the
regional folk style known as son jarocho, which is popular in the Veracruz
region of Mexico. La Rama is also the name of the traditional Mexican holiday
custom where the community adorns branches from a tree and displays it in a
nightly procession through the neighborhood.

Another album highlight “La Murga de Panamá” was originally
recorded in 1971 by the legendary salsa duo ofWillie Colón and Héctor
Lavoe. And though “La Murga” is actually the name for a group that
assembles to dance, sing, and play music during another South American holiday -
Carnival – the spirit of the song is no less infectious at Christmastime.

Los Lobos transform the 1958 novelty song “Dónde Está Santa
Claus” (Where is Santa Claus) into a “lowrider oldie” with a
head-nodding groove powered by Hidalgo’s guitar and Berlin’s
vibraphone. Rosas delivers an impeccable lead vocal on “Regalo de
Reyes” (meaning Gift of Kings), a song made famous by Javier Solís,
Mexican actor and singer of boleros and rancheras.Naturally, the collection also
includes the band’s take on Jose Feliciano’s “Feliz
Navidad.”

The album’s new original “Christmas And You,” was written by
Hidalgo and Pérez. Hidalgo’s vocals are sweet and soulful. Berlin
layers in piano along with some Omnichord, Rosasprovides electric guitar, and
Lozano adds upright bass to create what is sure to become a modern classic.

01. Los Lobos - La Rama (3:33)
02. Los Lobos - Reluciente Sol (2:46)
03. Los Lobos - Its Christmas Time in Texas (2:51)
04. Los Lobos - Amarga Navidad (2:54)
05. Los Lobos - Arbolito de Navidad (4:01)
06. Los Lobos - ¿Dónde Está Santa Claus? (4:05)
07. Los Lobos - Llegó Navidad (4:00)
08. Los Lobos - Las Mañanitas (2:31)
09. Los Lobos - La Murga (4:06)
10. Los Lobos - Christmas and You (3:35)
11. Los Lobos - Regalo de Reyes (3:09)
12. Los Lobos - Feliz Navidad (2:58)

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