Community historian Ruben Molina’s new book, "The Dreamy Side," explores how 1950s rhythm and blues shaped Chicano youth ...

Community historian Ruben Molina's discovery of 1950s rhythm & blues records with handwritten tags inspired "The Dreamy Side," a book documenting overlooked Chicano youth culture.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steve Salas, a cofounder of the Los Angeles R&B band Tierra and an activist in Chicano politics, died Thursday morning at age 69, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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, ...

From the soulful R&B-fused parties of 1950s Chicano youth to today’s global Latin music takeover, the cultural thread remains unbroken. Historians, artists, and musicians continue to preserve and ...

Steve Salas, a founding member of the pioneering Eastside rock band Tierra and an early-day Chicano rights activist, has died at 69. Salas, who died Thursday, had been battling myeloma for two years ...

The moment the band kicked it off in the studio, singer Johnny Hernandez felt as if time stood still. Back in the early 1960s, he recorded a cover of the Radiants' soulful classic “Ain’t No Big Thing” ...

The 1960s gave rise to the ‘Eastside sound,” which refers to new musical styles created by groups coming out of Boyle Heights and neighboring areas at that time. “The Eastside sound, I would say, is ...