Y La Bamba

In silhouettes of blue, Y La Bamba entranced a sold-out Johnny Brenda’s crowd. Playing behind the brilliant new Lucha, the musical project of Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos wove a haunting and dance-inducing tapestry of harmony.

Y La Bamba Shines Like A Tarantino Film

Before she introduced their album’s title track — which recently got a trippy new music video — to close the set, Mendoza announced, This song is for all the women. All the mamas, all the sisters, las tias, las primas — todos los mujeres.

Songbyrd Music House, Washington, USA

Minneapolis, USA

It’s tied together by the full-throated vocals (and palpable force of will) of Luz Elena Mendoza, who’s been likened to a Latina Joanna Newsom, Neko Case or Feist.

Luz Elena Mendoza of Y La Bamba I spotted in a small group seated near the stage, nearby sat Bryan John Appleby himself with what I would later learn to be his family.