A wonderful development on the small-club music landscape lately has been the wave of interest in cumbia, the heady, exotic, danceable Latin American folk music that can be traced to Afro-Colombian traditions. Among the US West Coast’s leading practitioners of the form is the trio LA LOM, which will stir things up at the Colony on December 10.
Their name an acronym for Los Angeles League of Musicians, the LA LOM is made up of guitarist Zac Sokolow, bassist Jake Faulkner, and drummer/percussionist Nicholas Baker. The band’s instrumental style mixes Mexican cumbia sonidera with surf music, ’60s soul ballads, classic romantic boleros, Peruvian chicha, and Bakersfield country. Signed to legendary jazz label Verve Records, LA LOM released their debut album, The Los Angeles League of Musicians, in 2024, and have a handful of singles out on Verve and the Figueroa label as well.
Opening for LA LOM will be Brooklyn band the National Reserve, whose deep Americana sound features lots of soulful organ, aged-whiskey vocals, and melodic, highway-revisiting Band/Dylan moves.
LA LOM and the National Reserve will perform at the Colony in Woodstock on December 10 at 7pm (doors at 6pm). Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 day of show.
