This song is a tribute to east LA’s community where members of Los Lobos grew up. The main street is more than a relaxed vibe, chill driving down with windows open like the beer bottles in all the Amigo’s hands- This song is about being home and noticing/observing those walking down the Boulevard with the sun on their faces.
Martin Frost is a clarinetist musician extraordinaire. My late discovery of his immense and sublime featured soloist talent/proficiency came while writing the “Why Amadeus ” article. Whether we find Martin playing Mozart Concertos for Clarinet, Bach, Haydn, or Rhumbas by Chick Corea, he excels with fluidity, expertise, perfect articulation, control, and humility
As someone late to the Maggie Rogers phenomenon—missing her 2017 NPR Tiny Desk concert and much of her meteoric rise—my first impression was an awakening. How could a voice so raw, so bound to the natural world through its tones and rhythms, escape my radar? By 2021, the algorithms of YouTube had corrected the oversight, but Rogers herself had been steadily evolving in ways I would soon come to appreciate.