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La Cantina

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by: Lila Downs

April 04, 2006
Solo quiero decir que Lila es una Diosa Oaxaquena, una super persona, gran artista, gran mujer, de ellos queremos mucho mas, hay que abrir los ojos a artistas que ademas cantan nos dan un mensaje en cada una de sus canciones

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The Charlie Brown Suite & Other Favorites

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by: Vince Guaraldi

August 19, 2003
Other reviewers slate this recording because it's not in keeping with the Guaraldi trio sound that made Charlie Brown so distinctive. That is in a way, a completely valid concern, but the fact remains, this recording is an interpretation, and not entirely a bad one.
Getting the negative points out the way first, the orchestra here is stunningly bad - possibly the most dreadful performance ever captured on tape. The amateur status of the musicians is very much on show, and is highly distracting as half the time, you're not hearing the music - you're wincing in pain at yet another instrumental flub. For some people, it will be very difficult to look through the deficient performance through to the music. As for that, a Toe Fungus diatribe ... Read More:

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Gipsy Kings: Live at Kenwood House in London

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Latin Music
starring: Gipsy Kings

November 06, 2007
This is my 2nd DVD concert for the Gipsy Kings. The first one I purchased 3 years ago directly off their Official Website (it's not longer for sale on their website) and I must say - this DVD is EXCELLENT and blows away the first one I purchased! I'm not quite sure why a couple of people previously gave low reviews. This DVD is in HiDef and the sound quality on my home entertainment system is incredible. The Concert includes some old favorites as well as some new hits from their album "Roots". It also has 5 songs in recording sessions as well as a history of the band and a "Pictography" (Pictures of their childhood and their families) AND some historical footage!!! I'm not sure of the other DVD on Amazon with the same name and different packaging ... Read More:

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We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together

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by: Bebo Valdes, Federico Britos

July 06, 2004
After the well known success of Buena vista Social Club, the world realized there were many roads to explore around the significance of new airs of freshness that received the Latin music.

And in this state of things Bebo Valdes 'presence was even embossed by Fernando Trueba in "Calle 54" ( as a matter of fact, Truba produced the last album of Bebo). This album is a plesant compilation of universal themes that have as common denominator the love in every single track, seen by several composers around the world. And that cosmopolitism enriches beyond measure and notably the huge lyric legacy of it. From Ernesto Lecuona? s Noche de luna to Gershwin's Someone to watch over me and from Billie Evans' Waltz for Debbie to Astor Piazolla' s Adios ... Read More:

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Salsa, Merengue, Mambo!

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by: Various Artists

April 25, 1995
Like the other forms of music of the Caraibian; I enjoyed like it's a sunny day for a certain time.

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Mas Que Un Anhelo

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by: Marcela Gandara

March 20, 2006
Si tu quieres inspirar el alma y encontrar espiritualidad y sintonia con el Creador, este disco es para tí; muy rica instrumentalizacion, letras tan profundas que te llegan a quebrantar el alma, haciendo una perfecta descripcion de un alma arrepentida que busca el consuelo de Dios y le expresa lo mas intimo de su ser; una voz sencillamente tierna, muy dulce y maravillosa!!; Marcela Gandara es una de las mas carismaticas voces actuales de la musica cristiana, y es de los privilegiados cantantes que ponen todo su corazon y sentimiento en su voz; todos los temas tienen ritmos tanto pegajosos como relajantes y hay muy buena acustica; ideal para esos momentos reflexivos donde buscamos interiorizar dentro de nosotros mismos y buscar la chispa divina.

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Awake

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by: Miguel Zenón

April 01, 2008
I am an older mainstream jazz lover, none of the hard edgy stuff for me. I heard a song, not knowing who the artist was, and was hooked. It is unfair to make comparisions, but I hear the technique of Wynton Marsalis with an orignal virtuosity. I love this stuff, so well played and composed. Please come to Boston, and bring your fresh sound!

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Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo

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by: Omara Portuondo

May 09, 2000
Slightly downtempo in feeling when compared to other _Buena Vista Social Club_ CDs I know. This isn't a bad thing; Omara Portuondo's sumptuous voice is at its best when she's not in a hurry.

Aside from Omara's intoxicating singing, the instrumental arrangements on this album have a cleaner and more spare sound than on other albums in the BVSC series. The players' restraint and sensitivity match her voice perfectly. There's a great deal on this album that doesn't call attention to itself, but that's well worth the time to get to know. A profoundly satisfying work.

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Sonidos Gold

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by: Grupo Fantasma

June 17, 2008
This album is one of the best Latino albums I've heard in years, and I listen to and own quite a lot of Latino records, both old and new. This group are to 2008 what Santana was in the 70s: they offer an exciting, up-to-date brew of Latin styles that congeal into the most powerful sound around. The thundering percussion throughout is unrivalled in contemporary rock music - be sure to play it loud, and if your vecinos complain, invite them a la fiesta! The infectious 'Bacalao con Pan' alone is worth the price of the whole CD, but there are lots of other gems, too. Muy rico, muy caliente, sobresaliente!

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Woman on Top

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by: Various Artists

September 12, 2000
Good music, easy to listen to a few times but not over and over like some of the pagode, more Bossa Nova.