The Latin Alternative band Y La Bamba formed in Portland, Ore., in 2008 and attracted attention for its disarming fusion of traditional Mexican music and alternative rock.
The band reunited with producer Chris Funk, a member of The Decemberists, for its new EP, Oh February, due out later this month. It's also wrapping up an East Coast tour with the hit folk-rock band The Lumineers, with plans to tour the rest of the country.
In this installment of World Café, Y La Bamba plays songs from Oh February and talks with host David Dye about the root of its sound. (Link)
Tracklisting
(( )) for interlude music
*Beach House “Wishes” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
*Boy “Little Numbers” Mutual Friends
*Fountains of Wayne “Hey Julie” Welcome Interstate Managers
*The Postal Service “A Tattered Line of String” Give Up (Reissue)
*Pernice Brothers “Somerville” Live a Little
*((Y La Bamba “Mad as We Are” Recorded Live for the World Cafe))
*Y La Bamba “Como Ratones” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
*Y La Bamba “Oh February” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
*Y La Bamba “Oh February: Mad as We Are” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
*((Alt J “Something Good” Recorded Live for the World Cafe))
*The Head & the Heart “Down in the Valley” The Head and the Heart
*Angel Snow “As You Are” Angel Snow
*Josh Ritter “Hopeful” The Beast in Its Tracks
*KD Lang “Helpless” Hymns of the 49th Parallel
*Villagers “Nothing Arrived” Awayland
*The Avett Brothers “I and Love and You” I and Love and You
*Son Volt “Hearts and Minds” Honky Tonk
*Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale “I Lost My Job of Loving You” Buddy & Jim
*Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie Prince Billy “So Sad” What the Brothers Sang
*Elliott Smith “Miss Misery” New Moon
*Polica “Dark Star” Give You the Ghost
*((Japandroids “Evils Sway” Celebration Rock))
*Pheonix “Entertainment” Bankrupt
*U2 “Mysterious Ways” Achtung Baby
*Frightened Rabbit “The Woodpile” Pedestrian Verse
*((Veruca Salt “Seether” American Thighs))
*Yo La Tengo “Ohm” Fade
*PJ Harvey “Send His Love to Me” To Bring You my Love
*Bob Marley & The Wailers “Exodus” Exodus