Los Lobos Signs a New Record Deal

Mexican-American five-piece ensemble Los Lobos, known for their 1987 hit, “La Bamba,” has signed a new recording contract with Shout! Factory.

“We’re honored to work with Los Lobos, a band that we’ve all been fans of for years, and that has a rich history of unbelievable music. We’re thrilled to be releasing their next project,” said Garson Foos, President of Shout! Factory.

As they celebrate their 36th year working together, the men from East L.A. are starting to work on their 18th record. The album will be their debut on Shout! Factory and is a follow-up to their 2006 album, The Town and the City, but not many people know what kind of record it will be. 

“We never really plan any album,” says Los Lobos’ saxophonist/keyboardist/percussionist and producer Steve Berlin. “Like with Kiko and Colossal Head (the quintet’s 1992 and 1996 heady opuses that broke artistic ground both times), we just played the songs that showed up, naturally. With each project, we try to make our songwriting an artistic statement, where the stories we’re telling and the arrangements we’re composing get our point across. But to a certain extent, we make our songs opaque, mysterious. We leave it up to the listener to interpret...That’s the highest purpose of artists, we think - not to rob the spirit out of the work.”

In the meantime, Los Lobos will be on tour from now until December. Concert dates and more information can be found at www.loslobos.org.