SANTA ANA — A sold-out concert highlighting four decades of Chicano music aimed, as organizer Harvey Reyes put it, to inspire, educate and entertain. Speakers and the band The Recessions took some 300 ...

Tony Sandoval has a name for the oldies he plays Sunday afternoons on KISS-FM in San Francisco, many of them geared to Chicano connoisseurs of rhythm and blues. He calls them "cruisin' classics." Art ...

Psychedelic soul and funk band Chicano Batman have been rocking the Dark Knight moniker since long before Ben Affleck received the nod to be the next Hollywood man to don the legendary cape and cowl.

For Cuco, the 26-year-old singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Hawthorne by way of Inglewood in L.A. county, this kind of environment shaped him. With his third studio album Ridin’ ...

1. If all else fails, we’ll always have oldies. To me, the quickest way to soften someone’s heart is to turn on jams from times past, when the ballads were simplistic but sombering and still have the ...

With heavy bass in the backdrop, a funky organ highlight, plus guitar riffs that jump between ’60s oldies and ’70s psychedelic, Chicano Batman wormholes you into the past while making Latino identity ...

The song itself sounds timeless, as if a record collector had plucked a 45 from a stall at the Pasadena Flea Market. But “Time” isn’t an oldie, even if it vibes like a lost Stax or Motown soul side ...

Chicano Batman’s new song, “The Taker Story,” is surely the first 2017 resistance anthem to be inspired by a telepathic gorilla. The L.A. band’s frontman, Bardo Martinez, recently read and loved ...

Fans of L.A.-based Chicano Batman know there are certain things they can expect from the band. The guys are always impeccably dressed in slim-fitting vintage suits, often sporting ruffled tuxedo ...

Representing Ysleta, Chicano Rap artist Fabian Primera, or Payaso915, proudly embraces his cultural roots. He takes great pride in showcasing his identity wherever he travels, a commitment evident ...

Inspired by SoCal car culture and Lowrider Oldies, the singer and multi-instrumentalist delivers a homage to his roots, rich in analog and harmonic sounds. By Isabela Raygoza Associate Editor, ...