Ozomatli (music group)

Dave Alvin, Quetzal top free South Pasadena festival May 4

2013-05-01 16:17:00

Veteran Southland roots rocker Dave Alvin, sonic experimentalists String Theory and Grammy-winning Latin rock group Quetzal top the bill for Saturday’s free all-day South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival and Art Walk. Alvin -- a member of the...

Quetzal, Ozomatli, other bands back May 1 immigrant-rights march

2013-05-01 07:59:00

Poets have been called the "unacknowledged legislators of the world." (A poet, naturally, coined the phrase.) On Wednesday, a cross-section of L.A. musical street poets and activists -- including members of the bands Ozomatli, Quetzal, La Santa Cecilia,...

Grammys 2013: A magical year for son jarocho

2013-02-09 09:00:00

Last week, a group of Latino and Mexican artists up for three Grammy Awards gathered in a narrow Boyle Heights storefront — mostly in the flesh, some via Skype, a few present in spirit. They'd assembled to honor a strain of regional folk music...

Quetzal's 'Imaginaries' wins Latin alternative award

2013-02-10 16:50:00

Quetzal, the L.A. band that weaves together funk, rock and regional Mexican folk-music varietals such as son jarocho, has won the Grammy for Latin rock, urban or alternative album. Quetzal won for its release "Imaginaries" (Smithsonian Folkways...

Nacional Records shakes up the Latin music mix

2013-01-12 10:00:00

As the hours ticked down to the Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in November, the pheromone level was rising fast at the Eyecandy Lounge. Mexican pop stars cooed and preened for the cameras. Spanish-language TV reporters burbled into their microphones...

Pearl Jam side project RNDM headed for Troubadour

2012-11-21 08:08:00

“Did you see Maroon 5 on ‘Saturday Night Live’?” Jeff Ament asked the other day. The Pearl Jam bassist wasn’t looking for an opinion on Maroon 5’s performance last weekend; instead, he was sharing his incredulity over...

Wayne Coyne teams with KCRW, McSweeney's to produce radio play

2012-11-20 14:11:00

Radio theater is a medium that, while no longer practiced as it was during the golden age of radio, remains rich with potential. Like books, drama over the airwaves requires an active mind’s eye for both its creators and its audience. But unlike the...

Obama in Myanmar: How Ozomatli's 2009 visit served as a barometer

2012-11-19 15:06:00

With President Obama’s visit to Myanmar on Monday, a long-secluded country has earned a rare moment on the world’s stage. Tucked between Thailand and Bangladesh�in Southeast Asia, the country also known as Burma has been ruled by a military...

Ozomatli's new 'Ozokidz' album isn't just child's play

2012-08-27 12:45:00

If you've ever attended an Ozomatli concert, you know it's sort of like being swept up in a Disneyland parade for adults. The unclassifiable L.A. band -- OK, call its members Latino-hip-hop-reggae-rockers, if you must -- is known for a kinetically feel-...

Bill Cosby makes more Playboy Jazz Festival memories

2012-06-18 00:00:00

As a jazz fan, you really have to savor the select moments of the Playboy Jazz Festival, which began its 34th installment Saturday at its longtime home, the Hollywood Bowl. Because as a stand-alone, multi-day barometer of the state of the music, the...

Grand Performances brings Haim, Allah-Las for lunchtime sets

2012-05-01 16:36:36

Best Music Writing anthology: Down to the wire for Kickstarter [Updated]

2012-01-28 16:36:22

The Los Angeles-based band Ozomatli performs during the Cumbre Tajin 2013 music festival in Papantla, Mexico.

2013-05-01 07:50:24

SUNDAY: Multi Grammy Award-winning band Ozomatli performs a free show at Arts Plaza, as part of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts' 25th anniversary weekend celebration. The show, presented under the Pacific Standard Time regional arts collaboration, is at 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.

2011-09-30 20:11:02

SUNDAY: Multi Grammy Award-winning band Ozomatli performs a free show at Arts Plaza, as part of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts' 25th anniversary weekend celebration. The show, presented under the Pacific Standard Time regional arts collaboration, is at 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.

2011-09-30 20:11:02