Eddie Cota

Rebecca Marie Gomez, 18, better known as Becky G, is a rising pop artist creating a lane of her own. She raps and sings in both English and Spanish. She's collaborated with artists as diverse as Kesha, Pitbull and Will.i.am. Born and raised in Inglewood, she’s determined to keep it......

Last October, La Santa Cecilia played a show in Ketchikan, Alaska, the last place you would expect to see an indie-Latin band from Los Angeles. After the show they hit the town and were lured into a little restaurant by the sounds of local musicians playing "Dream a Little Dream......

Every year the Latino community seems to be disappointed over how few Latin artists represent at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival. They take to social media expressing frustration over how such a major festival can ignore the demand of the massive Latino population in Southern California. When not one......

Cuban jazz pianist Alfredo Rodriguez fled Cuba for Los Angeles six years ago to chase his dream of becoming a successful musician. He came with no more than the clothes on his back, his music sheets, and a commitment from his mentor Quincy Jones that they would make music together......

For years, Latin music fans have been wishing for a Coachella-like festival in Los Angeles. It seems like a no-brainer, given how many Latinos live in the area and the impact that’s had on the local cultural scene. Finally, local indie label Nacional Records and Goldenvoice put their heads together......

A few years ago, L.A.-based producer and vocalist Rafi El met up with a Peruvian shaman, with whom he tried ayahuasca for the first time. While under the influence of the psychedelic drug, the shaman's music triggered some early childhood memories in Rafi - folk music from the Andes Mountains......

L..A. cumbia rockers El Conjunto Nueva Ola have a reputation for bringing the party. Their songs are extremely danceable, and plus they wear Lucha Libre (Mexican wrestling) masks on and off the stage, making it a point not to reveal their identities. The mysterious masked men parody songs like The......

"We're not just covering songs. We're rearranging them and making them fresh for new audiences to carry them on," says Itai Shapira of The Decoders, a group that started out as a studio project but took on a life of its own. The concept is this: Each song the act......

At Bodega Sundays, held at Senor Fish in Little Tokyo the first and third Sundays of the month, music is the experiment, the mainstream meets the underground, and getting cultured is sexy. The crowds there are surprisingly open-minded, and even top DJs' party-rocking skills are put to the test. Modern......

Filmmaker Junior Gonzalez made it his goal to show his Salvadoran culture in a positive light. Or, in any light at all, really. There were no films that he could think of on the subject, save for those on the notorious MS-13 street gang. "When I say I'm Salvadoran, some......