KGW News | Portland artist behind Y La Bamba goes back to their roots @KGWNews8 | Uploaded October 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 days ago.
Luz Elena Mendoza Ramos is breaking barriers with their genre-bending, culture-connecting sound. Mendoza Ramoz grew up in southern Oregon, the child of Mexican immigrants. They moved to Portland as a 20-something and for the 14 years that followed, turned Y La Bamba into the musical, cultural, experiential thing it remains today.

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