Tejanos Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs with “Monkey See Monkey Do” (https://youtu.be/bxVk1MS_AeU?si=KT43NoKpnjBycO1T) from their performance in the 1965 musical comedy “When the Boys Meet the Girls”
#RetroView #SamTheShamAndThePharaohs #SamTheSham

The very missed Ritchie Valens with “Rockin’ All Night” (https://youtu.be/jzNcQ-npZSA?si=GQ1M2hWHsYdJ5SsQ). I highly recommend checking out Valens’s posthumous album “Concert at Pacoima Jr. High” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL07E3E62E4F071A66&si=wvqDgsD2p88TV7PR). He was absolutely magical live.
#RetroView #RitchieValens

Next we have “El Rock De La Carcel” by pioneers of Rock en Español Enrique Guzmán y Los Teen Tops (https://youtu.be/nesyGNZjNCE?si=Ecd60CGRvwWFLn97) like a lot of early Rock en Español music it’s a cover of a popular English language song (Elvis’s “Jailhouse Rock”)
#RetroView #LosTeenTops #EnriqueGuzman #Elvis

Alejandra Guzmán AKA La Reina de Corazones (and daughter of Enrique Guzmán) with a live version of her hit “Luz de Luna” (https://youtu.be/ulsOdkxBzIM?si=BriTGfcbzEm7_C05) Despite not releasing any new music since 2024’s “Nueve Vidas” (https://youtu.be/0J62_xS1fhc?si=NAv4bNIGHY-yoWyX) she’s been busy touring both English and Spanish speaking areas.
#RetroView #AlejandraGuzman

The Warning is a hard rock band from Monterrey, Mexico comprised of sisters Daniela, Paulina and Alejandra Villarreal Vélez. “Automatic Sun” (https://youtu.be/wR6FuqYNJ3Q?si=kFOGx6FQ_c6jSYZD) is from their excellent 2024 album “Keep Me Fed” (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k7NHiH3krDirwAVFYr8B1adrr3wLCxgLA&si=b8hnfWdZvyzApuID).
#RetroView #TheWarning

Los Apson (later known as Polo y Los Apson) was an early Mexican rock band from Aguaprieta, Sonora, Mexico that started off working for tv stations as a house band doing Spanish language versions of english rock & roll songs. “No Encontrarás” (https://youtu.be/ZfXgbRyE6Pk?si=SzIT1uvJZxwmlDSh) is actually a song that never made it on to any of their official albums but it was released about a decade ago by the band’s official YouTube channel
#RetroView #LosApson

Ciudad Satélite’s Café Tacvba with one of my favorite songs by them: “Olita del Altamar” AKA “Little Wave of the High Seas” (https://tinyurl.com/4y9pp6sb) from their 2012 album “El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco” (https://tinyurl.com/yey7z25y) They released their first new single (“La Bas(e)” ) in over 5yrs last year (https://tinyurl.com/57b43x3d)
#RetroView #CafeTacvba

Kinky from Monterrey, Mexico with their cover (https://youtu.be/qTe29s0hJCo?si=vAAXMod8sVxdEdYH) of Santana’s iconic “Oye Cómo Va” from the soundtrack to the 2004 American thriller “Man on Fire” (https://tinyurl.com/myyyj4eh) Recently they’ve been touring their “KINKY RAVE sessions” series
#RetroView #KinkyBand

CDMX-based early new wave/post-punk band Size with “El Diablo en el Cuerpo”(https://youtu.be/tAKYVnL2H-M?si=UUZu-GxJ42KkpjPj) They weren’t together for very long but their impact on Mexican music is very noticeable. This is from a 1991 self titled retrospective compilation of their work (https://tinyurl.com/5t2utzbd)
#RetroView #Size #80smusic #punk

Also from CDMX is the all female, alternative pop band Ruido Rosa. They formed in 2005 and touring and self-releasing their music “Alerta” (https://youtu.be/0bus7PDyRXk?si=1453my3YiDCXkINJ) is their single from 2023. I found out about them b/c a friend from my music journalism days texted me to ask if I had started making music again due to seeing that their guitarist and I have the same name 😂
#RetroView #RuidoRosa

Next we have the legendary punk goddess Alice Bag with “Sister Dynamite”
(https://youtu.be/yj_gRIRwAGo?si=jrSeoCPBNDPxPeiG) from her 2020 album of the same name (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mqILK_FPOqizqElpTbW41dOTSNc8rOD-c&si=fwdWHmBsZcO_zZav) She’s still rocking at 66 yrs young!
#RetroView #AliceBag #punk

More Chicanx Punk? More Chicanx Punk! Here’s early Chicanx punk rockers Teresa Covarrubias and The Brat with “Starry Night” (https://youtu.be/hlEiSzfcrE4?si=CqlY_Ef_kNHidARf) from their 2017 retrospective compilation “Straight Outta East L.A.” (https://tinyurl.com/59xb5cc5)
#RetroView #TheBrat #TeresaCovarrubias #punk

East L.A.’s Los Lobos with “Luz de mi Vida” (https://tinyurl.com/szapfm9u) from their 2002 album “Good Morning Aztlán” (https://tinyurl.com/mp7wwpar) Their most recent album is the 2017 covers album “Native Sons” (https://tinyurl.com/mrky6nsp) dedicated to the city of Los Angeles
#RetroView #LosLobos #losangeles

Legendary Mexican-American folk singer-songwriter and activist Joan Baez with the patriotic Cuban standard “Guantanamera” AKA “The woman from Guantánamo” (https://youtu.be/Irft3ABhFkk?si=huMW843O8YaB8vyu) She recently came out of retirement to release her 2023 documentary “Joan Baez: I Am a Noise) which is available on Hulu and Disney+. Also, apparently she was on John Mulaney’s talk show thing a few weeks ago
#RetroView #JoanBaez

I shouldn’t have to explain who Linda Ronstadt is to you. Here’s “La Charreada” (https://youtu.be/R-k4eEStQa0?si=rcKQ9Lo05aPFv7JB) from 1987’s “Canciones de Mi Padre” (https://tinyurl.com/y7kjjnne) We’ll have more Linda in October to close out Hispanic Heritage Month, as is #RetroView tradition
#LindaRonstadt

Lupita Infante, ethnomusicologist and granddaughter legend Pedro Infante has been forging her own path the last few yrs. “Mi Carrito” (https://youtu.be/C4al3MwClKA?si=-SR1WyrakEfYbSDP) is from her 2023 album “Amor Como en las Películas de Antes” (https://tinyurl.com/mttj5pu5)
#RetroView #LupitaInfante

CDMX based guitar virtuosos Rodrigo y Gabriela with “Diablo Rojo” (https://youtu.be/_UJUaULy-m8?si=WdvXOs0uaHIZLsKc) from their 2006 self titled album (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nu0HuhR5U_7xT00y-lpL22_-ZX7MIYKF4&si=JwLIlQ-N20lsJgWB) They most recent album is 2023’s “In Between Thoughts.. A New World” (https://tinyurl.com/57694v59)
#RetroView #RodrigoYGabriela #guitar

Durango, Mexico’s Los Dug Dugs were one of the wildest Mexican rock bands of the early 70s. “Perdido en mi Mundo” (https://youtu.be/2jKEMjdfnGE?si=iy4PVvxGrVVdTPvD) is from their 1971 self titled album. Apparently some form of the band is still working sporadically to this day
#RetroView #LosDugDugs