Sacramento News & Review calls T&C “intimate, stirring, and stylistically diverse”!
In the Mix – Music
Los Lobos
The Town and the City
Hollywood Records
By Edward Dunn
The 13 confident tracks on The Town and the City form a loose
narrative, following an immigrantÂ’s travels and travails al norte.
True to Los LobosÂ’ past musical statements, the songs take a personal
rather than politicized look at the issues at hand. But the bandÂ’s
music remains the real story here. The collection is intimate,
stirring and stylistically diverse, with pounding border-blues-rock,
slow funk and a rousing cumbia leading right into a plaintive ballad.
Two tracks split the albumÂ’s title, highlighting the emotional
dilemma faced by many immigrants with heartfelt ties to two “homes.”
“The City,” an intriguing mix of moody, ringing modulations and a
pulsing, hand-muted guitar lick, is full of a new arrivalÂ’s brash
hopes, while “The Town” is a gorgeous homesick lament.