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Listen: Los Lobos Have Our Song Of The Week, Recorded In 2002

East LA based rock group Los Lobos appearing on Mountain Stage in 2002.
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Mountain Stage
East LA based rock group Los Lobos appearing on Mountain Stage in 2002.

This week’s Mountain Stage is another Archive Special to round out our summer programming. We’ll hear performances from seminal East Los Angeles rockers Los Lobos, performing songwriters Kevin Welch, Neil Halsted, and Stacey Earle with Mark Stuart, and blues guitarist and vocalist Joanna Connor and her band.

Join us on these public radio stations starting Friday, Sept. 2.

Los Lobos, "Luz De Mi Vida" live on Mountain Stage
Recorded on Mountain Stage in July 2002.
David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, seen here on Mountain Stage in 2002.

“Luz De Mi Vida,” or “Light of My Life,” appears on the band's popular album, released in 2002, Good Morning Aztlan. The band has a new album out now, called Native Sons.

Hear the entire show starting this Friday on our NPR Music affiliates, and be sure to sub to our podcast, as our fall season of new broadcasts begins Sept. 9 with Martin Sexton, Nellie McKay, Abe Partridge, Joseph and Cave Twins.

Executive Producer of Mountain Stage, adam@mountainstage.org, 304-556-4900, @mtnadam
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