Yahoo

Steve Salas Dies: Cofounder Of Chicano R&B Band Tierra Was 69

Steve Salas, a cofounder of the Los Angeles R&B band Tierra and an activist in Chicano politics, died Thursday morning at age 69, according to his family. Salas had been battling myeloma for two years ...
Yahoo

Rudy Salas, cofounder of mainstay Chicano R&B band Tierra, dies at 71

Rudy Salas and his band Tierra perform at the first annual Music 4 the Soul Benefit Concert at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Oct. 25, 2013. (Maury Phillips/WireImage) Rudy Salas, founding guitarist of ...
Houston Chronicle

Local collective celebrates Chicano culture with soul and a helping hand

For 17 years, Isaac Rodriguez has been DJing in Houston under the alias Mr. Simmer Down. But, during the pandemic, the Second Ward-based Rodriguez felt that Chicano culture was beginning to simmer ...
NPR

The Many Threads And Generations Of Chicano Soul, All In One Place

More than half a century after it crept into the DNA of young Mexican-Americans in the southwestern United States — particularly in Southern California and Texas — Chicano Soul endures. Chicano Soul ...
Los Angeles Times

Rudy Salas, cofounder of mainstay Chicano R&B band Tierra, dies at 71

Rudy Salas, founding guitarist of the Chicano R&B band Tierra and audacious pioneer of Los Angeles’ soulful Eastside sound, died in his sleep Tuesday morning at age 71. His stepdaughter, Cresi, says ...