The Art of Growing Into Yourself With Y La Bamba

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos is a Chicanx artist and musician who has been playing under the name Y La Bamba for nearly 20 years. As the child of immigrant parents, Luz Elena struggled to feel seen in the music industry, but as they’ve continued making music, they have grown into their identity as an artist.

Last year, Luz Elena moved back to Mexico City to explore where they come from. That search also led to the publication of their seventh studio album — “Lucha” — and to Y La Bamba playing their first show ever in Mexico City.

In this episode, Luz Elena shares why playing that show was so important to them and reflects on their path toward becoming more themselves.

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0:23.0	Grasias. This is Latino USA, the Radio Journal of News and Culture.
0:37.0	It's Latino USA.
0:38.0	It's Latin USA.
0:39.0	I'm Maria Inohosa.
0:41.0	We bring you stories that are underreported but that mattered to you overlooked by the rest of the media.
0:46.5	And while the country is struggling to deal with these problems...
0:48.8	We listen to the stories of black and Latinos students.
0:51.3	A united Latino front, a cultural renaissance, organizing at the forefront
0:56.8	of the movement. I'm Maria Ino Hosa, no Sebaian. As I grow and as I learn boundaries and authentic realizations without posturing just
1:08.0	being real there's a lot of pain that comes with that and that obviously that's
1:11.6	going to form my music and everything and it's emotional.
1:16.0	From Futura Media and PRX, it's Latino USA. I'm Maria N'O Hosa. Today, the art of growing into
1:27.0	yourself with musician Lucelena Mendoza Ramos.
1:40.0	Earlier this year, Latino USA producer Victoria Strada met up in Mexico City with Luce El Mendoza Ramos, the indie musician who plays as
1:47.0	I Labamba.
1:51.0	Victoria brings us this piece about searching for ways of becoming more yourself.
1:58.0	In 2008, Lucerena started playing under the name Ila Vamba.
2:05.0	It was a solo project, just Lucerena in their room with a guitar and their cat,
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