Interviews

While Making Movies was on tour this year, we had an opportunity to get to know them backstage and captured a bit of their performance at The Mint in Los Angeles. See a recap of their performance below: https://youtu.be/SLKsACFBziI Making Movies is an American rock and roll band that captivates audiences with their interweaving of Afro-Latino rhythms and psychedelic rock 'n' roll. ...

Promoting their 6th record "Imperfecto Extrano", the rock and alternative band Enjambre come back to the states to promote their latest album. Enjambre is composed by brothers Luis Humberto, Rafael, and Julian Navejas as well as Javier Mejia on guitar and Angel Sanchez on drums. The band is originally from Southern California in the city of Anaheim but eventually...

Louie Perez lead singer of Los Lobos and Grammy Award winner with top songs such as "La Bamba", "Donna" , "We Belong Together" and many more has been on the road with the group since the middle of January of this year. They have performed around 75 shows this year so far  and still on the road. Louie Perez...

Locos Por Juana brought their energy and unique fusion of Caribbean and Latin music to La Cita in Downtown LA recently. Locos Por Juana is not new to the music scene they have already been nominated for a Grammy and Latin Grammy, bringing Miami heat and cultural sounds from all over the world. The bands consists of various members...

Nacho Londoño was the opening act on Locos por Juana's Caribe West Coast Tour in Los Angeles.  The singer/songwriter from Colombia and Miami, Nacho Londoño. He is considered to be one of the most recognized songwriters of the underground scene of Miami and Puerto Rico. His music style ranges from folk to pop and rock. Nacho Londoño has collaborated with many renowned...

Hailing from Monterrey, Mexico - Mexican Dubwiser is taking both Latin and Electronic music and creating their own unique sound. The duo consists of Marcelo Tijerina and Ulises Lozano. They presented their third album, Boarder Frequency, at Festival Vive Latino in Mexico in front of over 15,000 people. MusicaRoots: Where would Mexican Dubwiser be categorized in a music store? In the...

Paloma Rush Brings Latin Heat to Molly Malone's in Hollywood, CA Molly Malone’s, an Irish pub in Hollywood, hosted an all girls’ show called “Martiarch” on Wednesday, April 19th. A concert event with only female artists, like No Girlfriends, Chambers, Flavia and Paloma Rush. Paloma Rush (Paloma Ramos), a singer from Monterrey, CA, was one of the special performers that...

El Rey Theater at Los Angeles was infused with Latin fever, when LOS 5 took the stage on April 14th. Before the show, the band members, Juan Pablo Casillas (23), Matt Rey (24), Ismael Cano Jr. (24), Hector Rodriguez (19) and Tomas Slemenson (24), were eager and hyped to get on stage and perform their music in front of...

Lust Era sound like a modern-day Joy Division, if only it were for occasional similarities. But categorizing their sound, and music, is not something they care about. Before grouping Lust Era into a genre, and writing them off with banal comparisons, it's best to hear it from them. The group describes what they're about as "raw, wiry, and dark...

Bianca Varela (aka BIANCA) is a breath of fresh air. The LA native whose first single, "Eyes on Me," just dropped via RnBass, talks to Musica Roots about the inspiration behind her single and sound, quitting her job to focus on her music, being a girl in a male-dominated industry, and her all-star all-girls creative team. Bianca is definitely...