David Hidalgo, Jr.

Los Lobos: Native Sons

by Doug Collette
August 2, 2021

Unusual as it may seem for a veteran band like Los Lobos to display the artistic humility of Native Sons, only a single original song appears here surrounded by a diverse round of cover material by artists based in and around their home city of Los Angeles. It's a generosity of spirit that actually recalls an earlier album, The Ride (Hollywood/Mammoth Records, 2004), wherein this tenured band shared writing and playing credit with the likes of Richard Thompson and Elvis ...