Mon, Oct 12
Y La Bamba
Driving two hours into the desert to hear songs about faith and family sung half in Spanish is a strange and correct thing to do, because the material has always had more space in it than a city club allows. Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos writes about inheritance in the widest sense — language, religion, the parts of a family you cannot put down — over arrangements that begin as folk and keep breaking into something less settled. The voice does things live that recordings flatten. A high desert saloon on a Monday means the smallest and most attentive version of this audience. Music at 8:00 PM in Pioneertown, past Yucca Valley. Monday bookings out here exist for the people who live in the basin, and they turn out regardless of who is playing.
Driving two hours into the desert to hear songs about faith and family sung half in Spanish is a strange and correct thing to do, because the material has always had more space in it than a city club allows. Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos writes about inheritance in the widest sense — language, religion, the parts of a family you cannot put down — over arrangements that begin as folk and keep breaking into something less settled. The voice does things live that recordings flatten. A high desert saloon on a Monday means the smallest and most attentive version of this audience. Music at 8:00 PM in Pioneertown, past Yucca Valley. Monday bookings out here exist for the people who live in the basin, and they turn out regardless of who is playing.
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Driving two hours into the desert to hear songs about faith and family sung half in Spanish is a strange and correct thing to do, because the material has always had more space in it than a city club allows. Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos writes about inheritance in the widest sense — language, religion, the parts of a family you cannot put down — over arrangements that begin as folk and keep breaking into something less settled. The voice does things live that recordings flatten. A high desert saloon on a Monday means the smallest and most attentive version of this audience. Music at 8:00 PM in Pioneertown, past Yucca Valley. Monday bookings out here exist for the people who live in the basin, and they turn out regardless of who is playing.
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