Las Calles De San Blas - Jose El Frances

Advantages: Una gran recopilación
Disadvantages: Canciones que ya tengo en otros discos

...¡¡¡Hola amigos y amigas de ciao!!! Hoy os voy a hablar sobre el último disco que ha sacado al mercado este grupo sueco que es, sin duda, el mejor grupo de Suecia después del éxito multitudinario que tuvo ABBA. Este grupo de origen sueco nació en 1986 con su primer disco que fue "Pearls of Passion". No fue un éxito de ventas en su propio país y en países cercanos (en España no salió a la venta este disco y las canciones que incluía las grabó y utilizó Per Gessle en un disco que lanzó en solitario. Las canciones las grabó para este primer disco de Roxette con la cantante Marie Fredriksson. Después de este disco vinó otro disco más y llegó el tercero que se vendió en toda Europa como churros, si me permitís la licencia de decirlo así; ese disco fue Look Sharp! en el año 1989. Este maravilloso álbum marcó en inicio de la carrera al... Read review

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Advantages: Mellow music, great for the end of a hard days work. Good Debut.
Disadvantages: You must like Indie Rock/Pop.

...I like this. I spent my summer listening to Jack Johnson, so you can probably guess where my musical inclinations lie. If Jack was for the Summer, this guy is for the Winter. It is a very intimate guitar album. I drew comparisons with the quieter moments of Jeff Buckley's Grace, based purely on the sound, a sort of hypnotic guitar massage with enough beats to keep you awake. There is one superb track called Heartbeats, it's one of those tracks which is both mellow and energetic(listen, you'll see what I mean!) Throughout the album you are certainly sure of Jose Gonazalez's South American roots, the spanish guitar, really all the evidence you need. Always difficult to recommend music, as there is no accounting for taste, but if you like a spanish guitar and guy with soft vocals then this may well be your kinda thing. Although I... Read review

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Advantages: A classic collection of Latin American songs.
Disadvantages: There is nothing worth a mention here

...of life and freedom." After humble beginnings growing up in San Miguel de Tucuman, Mercedes Sosa, alongside her husband Manuel Oscar Matus and the poet Armando Tejada Gomez, was to become one of the leading lights in a movement devoted to traditional folk music and dance - the so-called "Movimiento del Nuevo Cancionero" or "New Song" movement. She was joined by other famous Latin American artists such as Violetta Parra and Atahualpa Yupanqui. There are two beautiful songs on the CD that were composed by Yupanqui: 'Luna Tucumana' and 'Duerme Negrito'. Probably the most famous song on the album - 'Gracias a la Vida' (Thanks to life) comes from the pen of the Chilean singer Violetta Parra. The song was released on his last album - Las Últimas Composiciones (1966) before he committed suicide in 1967. It is one of the most covered Latin American... Read review

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