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Los �ngeles Azules on Tour

The timeless cumbia rhythms of Los �ngeles Azules will crisscross El Norte this year. Launched in the early '80s by a half-dozen siblings of the Mej�a Avante family, Los �ngeles Azules (Blue Angels) have surfed wave after wave of Latin music. It's been a long road, but their romantic take on Mexico's cumbia sonidera sound remains as popular as ever. Los �ngeles reignited once again last year with Esto s� es cumbia ("This Is Cumbia"), whose twist on original hits by Ha*Ash, Miguel Bose, Gloria Trevi, Yuri and other Latin stars hit the Regional Mexican Albums Top 10. They kicked off 2019 with "Nunca es suficiente" ("It's Never Enough"), written and sung by Natalia Lafourcade, which became Los �ngeles' first Regional Mexican chart-topper in 19 years. Live performances with the Mexico City Symphony Orchestra in 2016 demonstrated that cumbia belongs to everyone. But whether accompanied by a symphony or in their usual baker's-dozen configuration, expect to hear hits like "C�mo te voy a olvidar" ("How Could I Forget You"), "Por el amor a mi madre" ("For the Love of My Mother") and "El nuevo sonido de la cumbia" ("The New Sound of Cumbia").

Los �ngeles Azules in Concert

A family affair from the beginning, with more than two dozen albums to their name, Los �ngeles Azules began in 1983 as part of Mexico's young and rocking onda grupera movement. Formed by the Mej�a Avante siblings El�as, Alfredo, Jos� Hilario, Jorge, Cristina and Guadalupe, the band hit its first peak in 1996, when their chart-topping "Inolvidables" went platinum in Argentina, the group's second home. A new singer, Erick de la Pe�a, gave the band its biggest hit to date in 2002 with "Por el amor a mi madre" from the album Alas al mundo ("Wings to the World").

Los �ngeles' most recent surge began in 2013 with the album C�mo te voy a olvidar, an updated re-recording of the group's hits with guest vocalists including Carla Morrison, Lila Downs and Ximena Sari�ana. And while the band's foundation in cumbia sonidera's ratcheting gu�ra rhythm and lilting accordion will never disappear, Los �ngeles Azules took their music to another level in 2016 with De plaza en plaza: Cumbia sinf�nica, a glorious powerhouse blend of rootsy cumbia and sophisticated strings.