Overview
- The single “Volver A Celaya” was released on Thursday, August 6, 2026, via New West Records as the first time Steve Earle and Los Lobos have recorded together in the studio.
- Earle wrote the song during songwriting workshops he led in Brooklyn and had been performing it live before taking the track into a summer session at Red Amp Studios in Richmond, Virginia.
- Los Lobos member Steve Berlin produced the recording, praising the song as a vivid portrait of life under current conditions and signaling interest in future collaborations.
- The narrative song is voiced by a Mexican-born construction worker who spent most of his life in the U.S. and plans to return home, centering immigrant labor and the choices those workers face.
- A limited-edition 7-inch vinyl pairing “Volver A Celaya” with Earle’s 2007 track “City of Immigrants” is scheduled for October 16, 2026, and both acts will continue to promote the single while on tour.