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Viento a Favor
: : Viento a Favor is Mexican superstar Alejandro Fernandez's 15th studio disc in as many years as a singer. But he still approaches each project with the urgency and earnestness of a newbie singer. That's what makes each tune a small celebration, an intimate moment of discovery. There are no wasted moments amid the sterling arrangements, some of the best in Fernandez's lush pop repertoire. (He's an equally heralded ranchera singer.) Viento a Favor features tunes written by Leonel Garcia and Noel Schajris (better known ...
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Sanky Panky
: : Viento a Favor is Mexican superstar Alejandro Fernandez's 15th studio disc in as many years as a singer. But he still approaches each project with the urgency and earnestness of a newbie singer. That's what makes each tune a small celebration, an intimate moment of discovery. There are no wasted moments amid the sterling arrangements, some of the best in Fernandez's lush pop repertoire. (He's an equally heralded ranchera singer.) Viento a Favor features tunes written by Leonel Garcia and Noel Schajris (better known ...
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Marc Anthony - The Concert from Madison Square Garden
: :Marc Anthony brings his elegant passions to the Big Apple in this exciting 2001 concert performance. The dazzled audience erupts at the singer's knockout, Spanish-language openers, 'Y Hubo Alguien' and 'Contra la Corriente,' swoons to his exultant 'You Sang to Me,' and hangs on every marvelous syllable in the exquisitely phrased 'When I Dream at Night.' Anthony's material occasionally slides into bathos ('That's Okay'), but at his best he can go from big band salsa ('Nadie Como Ella') to Burt Bacharach-flavored pop-soul ('My Baby You') ...
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The New Bossa Nova
:Album Description:The New Bossa Nova finds Souza applying her interpretative skills to material drawn from a diverse array of sources, including Joni Mitchell ('Down To You'), Leonard Cohen ('Here It Is'), Sting ('When We Dance'), Elliott Smith ('Satellite'), Steely Dan ('Were You Blind That Day'), Brian Wilson ('God Only Knows'), Randy Newman ('Living Without You'), Michael McDonald ('I Can Let Go Now') and legendary bossa nova master Antonio Carlos Jobim (the standard 'Waters of March'), along with a pair of memorable new songs written for ...
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Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
:Album Description:Exclusive Japanese CD pressing of this 1966 album comes house in a miniature LP sleeve. A&M. 2006.
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Border (La Linea)
: :Singer-songwriter Lila Downs uses these 15 compositions (both originals and covers) to explore the joys and sorrows experienced by Mexican immigrants who cross the border for a better life only to experience exploitation and racism in this country. A child of a Mixtec Indian mother and Anglo-American father, the talented Downs brings in a fresh perspective from two cultural worlds. She imbues the Mexican cumbia style--which is itself a variation on a Colombian form of dance music integrating Latin, Native American, and African styles--with blues, ...
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Tree of Life
: :Lila Downs's sophomore U.S. release sees her take a much more folkloric tack than her debut, delving into the mystical codices of the Mexican Mixtec natives (her ancestry on her mother's side)--not that the entire album is made up of ancestral songs. There's also 'Nueve Viento,' a bolero son as rich and satisfying as anything to come out of Buena Vista Social Club. But the heart of this album beats strongest when it's barest, making the stark 'Yunu Yucu Ninu' (which she performed differently on ...
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Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
:Album Description:Set against the decadent glamour and escalating danger of revolution-eve Cuba, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights re-imagines the 1987 film phenomenon from an exciting new perspective. Havana Nights tells a timeless story of a young woman's discovery of love, sensuality and independence - but with a sizzling style and rhythm all its own. In planning this new chapter in a beloved franchise, Artisan Entertainment and Miramax Films have put together a team of creative dynamos from the worlds of film, music and dance. Among them: ...
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Tribalistas
: :With this dreamy collection of soothing lullabies and playful ballads, the supergroup formed by singer/producer Marisa Monte, percussionist Carlinhos Brown, and former Titas member Arnaldo Antunes has proved once and for all that Brazilian music has moved forward beyond the shadows of the seminal tropicalia movement. Favoring a subtle, understated compositional environment, the members of the trio clearly relish each other's company. Their voices come together harmoniously, with a handful of guest musicians adding minimal touches of piano and guitar. From the anthemic declaration of ...
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Samba Meu
: :With this dreamy collection of soothing lullabies and playful ballads, the supergroup formed by singer/producer Marisa Monte, percussionist Carlinhos Brown, and former Titas member Arnaldo Antunes has proved once and for all that Brazilian music has moved forward beyond the shadows of the seminal tropicalia movement. Favoring a subtle, understated compositional environment, the members of the trio clearly relish each other's company. Their voices come together harmoniously, with a handful of guest musicians adding minimal touches of piano and guitar. From the anthemic declaration of ...
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