La Bamba! is directed by multi-award-winning American director Ray Roderick and features music from across the Latin genre, from traditional folk songs to recent chart-topping hits, all arranged ...

The Fandango Life: Resurrecting Son Jarocho Beyond La Bamba For these teens in Veracruz it's cool to be traditional and play son jarocho.

A forthcoming photograph book by Hat & Beard Press will reveal never-before-seen images of 'La Bamba' captured by Merrick Morton.

Lou Diamond Phillips in “La Bamba” (1987) Photo by Merrick Morton/Courtesy of Hat & Beard Press Skid row and state prisons are a long way from the glamour of show business, but that’s what ...

'La Bamba' director Luis Valdez on origins of 1987 hit and why he left Hollywood after controversial Frida Kahlo film "Somebody had to do it," says Valdez about being called "the father of Chicano ...

“La Bamba” (1987), directed by Luis Valdez, a biographical drama about Valens’ life, immortalizes Valens’ impact on rock and roll. “He took a Mexican folk song and turned it into rock and roll,” said ...

The band who played "La Bamba" is hoping to hear "La Bamba" on Monday. Los Lobos, the group who rose to stardom in 1987 when their cover of the late Ritchie Valens' signature song topped the ...

“La Bamba” is more than just a victory song in Edmonton. It holds a special place in the city and serves as a tribute to two of the Oilers’ biggest fans.

The actor Lou Diamond Phillips, and the writer-director Luis Valdez look back more than three decades at how the biopic did and didn’t make waves in Hollywood.

Nearly 40 years after its theatrical release, 'La Bamba' is being remade, but the film's original director and writer questions why rock ’n’ roll star Ritchie Valens' life is being told, again.