Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2002 –

Quetzal: a Rollicking, Collective Good Time, by Augustin Gurza

At a club packed to the rafters Thursday night, Quetzal celebrated the release of its new album with a joyful and passionate performance that cemented its places as the premiere LA Chicano band of its generation.  This polished, nine-piece outfit plas what you might call jarocho  hip., an original blend of Mexican folklorico, Caribbean rhythms and American rock.

Quetzal is a cool and classy band.  On stage they demonstrated the qualities that make them so appealing:  Rich songwriting, enchanting arrangements, and serious musicianship.  As a group they exude a lovely and irresistible spirit, much more so than on the live record. Quetzal is living proof that drawing on cultural roots can be a powerful source of creativity.  They play with conviction, a quality missing from many mainstream Latino acts.

 
Hollywood Reporter, June 11, 2002

… set from Quetzal was rich in not just traditionally minded Mexican-American music, but Cuban, Latin American and Spanish styles as well.

All About Jazz, September 4, 2004

Worksongs – This is Latin American pop for the serious listener.

Barnes & Noble, July 15, 2003, Mark Schwartz

Proclaimed by no less an authority than Los Lobos as ready to carry the torch for Los Angeles's Chicano community, Quetzal embody the soul and the struggle at the heart of the Mexican-American legacy. Their mix of Mexican and Cuban rhythms, jazz, and rock is supercharged by the dynamic vocals of siblings Martha and Gabriel Gonzalez, who could send brown-eyed soul trifles straight to the top of the charts if they wanted to. Their music is informed by radical authors and grassroots tenacity.

LA Weekly, May 31, 2003, Gustavo Arellano

 
A decade ago and today, Quetzal practices music too rarely found in this country - politically progressive while sonically superb - and the joyous filled the Ford's aisles in appreciation.