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Lo Mejor de Lo Mejor
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Woman on Top
: :The soundtrack from Woman on Top, starring Madrid-born bombshell Penelope Cruz as the beauty and brains behind a popular cooking show, is the perfect introduction to the Brazilian sound--and just might live up to the label's promise that it's 'destined to bring Bossa Nova music to the world' (though bossa nova has long been popular in the West, albeit in specialized circles). The highly listenable album features contemporary Brazilian artists such as singer-songwriter Lenine; pop-rocker and Joao Gilberto sound-alike Paulinho Moska; and the three-DJ collective Bossa ...
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How Will the Wolf Survive?
: essential recording:Los Lobos's ability to wade through disparate musical styles isn't the stuff of Elvis and the Beatles, but Los Lobos did it on their debut album. And, unlike much of the material Los Lobos cut their teeth on as a Los Angeles Top 40 cover band, there is nothing lowest-common-denominator about the band's original music. 'Don't Worry Baby' is a blues rocker gritty enough for John Lee Hooker; rockabilly meets country, courtesy of David Hidalgo's lap steel, on 'Our Last Night'; Cesar Rosas pays ...
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The Complete 78's, Vol. 2
:Album Description:This is the second volume of one of the most important musical projects undertaken by the Fania label. The classic Tico 78 RPM recordings of Tito Puente are made available in digital quality and with the informative liner notes of Joe Conzo (a confidant and historian' of the late 'King of Latin Music' Tito Puente.) The 40 tracks are from the early period of Puente's musical career, when he wrote and performed some of his best material. This release makes a good argument for the ...
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Pasion
:Album Description:This is the second volume of one of the most important musical projects undertaken by the Fania label. The classic Tico 78 RPM recordings of Tito Puente are made available in digital quality and with the informative liner notes of Joe Conzo (a confidant and historian' of the late 'King of Latin Music' Tito Puente.) The 40 tracks are from the early period of Puente's musical career, when he wrote and performed some of his best material. This release makes a good argument for the ...
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Mi Tierra
: essential recording:Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan was a mainstream pop balladeer and dance music queen who happened to be Latina before taking a surprising turn in Mi Tierra and reclaiming her roots. Singing in Spanish, impeccably produced and backed by a superb ensemble that includes 79-year-old maestro Israel Lopez 'Cachao' on bass (he is only the creator of mambo itself), arranger Juanito Marquez, and singer and percussionst Luis Enrique, Estefan delivers worthy reinterpretations and updates of traditional Afro-Cuban styles. It might be too smooth for ...
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Malo
: essential recording:Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan was a mainstream pop balladeer and dance music queen who happened to be Latina before taking a surprising turn in Mi Tierra and reclaiming her roots. Singing in Spanish, impeccably produced and backed by a superb ensemble that includes 79-year-old maestro Israel Lopez 'Cachao' on bass (he is only the creator of mambo itself), arranger Juanito Marquez, and singer and percussionst Luis Enrique, Estefan delivers worthy reinterpretations and updates of traditional Afro-Cuban styles. It might be too smooth for ...
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Romance
:Album Description:In her native Brazil, Rosa Passos is known and loved as 'a feminine Joao Gilberto.' For a singer/songwriter who carries the soulful cool of bossa nova into a new age, there can be no higher compliment. Mingling the classics of Gilberto, Jobim, Barroso and other masters of Brazilian song with her own enchanting works, Passos sings in a sweet, warm, totally-in-tune voice that the Los Angeles Times has hailed as 'sounding a bit like the legendary Elis Regina but with the rhythmic articulation of Ella ...
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Lo Mejor de MTV Unplugged
:Description:From the popular and successful TV specials MTV Unplugged, famous for featuring the hottest and most talented performers in an intimate setting accompanied by only their voices and using acoustic instruments, comes the first ever collection of their top-rated Latin unplugged performances. Lo Mejor De MTV Unplugged- features Shakira, Mana, Ricky Martin, Alejandro Sanz, Caifanes, La Ley and Ely Guerra, Lenine & Julieta Venegas, Café Tacuba, Charly Garcia, Fabulosos Cadillacs and El Tri among some of the chart-topping artists that have brought down the house, making ...
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Mended
: :It's impossible to dislike Puerto Rican superstar Marc Anthony, even if his English-language material sits safely in pop's middle road. Mended, Anthony's follow-up to last year's sweltering salsa collection Libre, features the same midtempo grooves and emotive ballads that made his 1999 crossover effort a smash--and a textbook example of how record labels sometimes water down passionate Latino artists for U.S. audiences (see also Shakira). Nothing on Mended is particularly unlistenable or offensive, but there isn't much to get excited about either. The lilting pop gem ...
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