Los Blancos

Los Blancos: Just This Once

by Jim Santella
August 24, 2008

A blues band that enjoys celebrating every night of the week, Los Blancos shines with the grit of Memphis, New Orleans, Austin, Chicago, and everywhere else that good music puts a smile on your face. Containing obvious elements of mainstream jazz, roots blues, backyard zydeco, open wide Tex-Mex and genuine soul, the band puts a strong front on Just This Once. Having worked together for about a dozen years, they jell seamlessly and prove that nobody has to be pigeonholed ...

Los Blancos: For Sale By Owner

by Ed Kopp
August 1, 1999

Los Blancos has been wowing audiences in the blues-addicted city of Syracuse, N.Y., for a couple of years now. Their superb debut recording deserves the attention of roots rock and blues aficionados everywhere.

Los Blancos features the twin guitars of Mexican-born Jose Alvarez and Australian-born Colin Aberdeen. The rhythm section of Steve Wilson (bass) and Paul Roehrig (drums) is a rock-solid one, and Aberdeen's soulful vocals bring to mind Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos, a similar band.

But Alvarez is ...