Mercedes Sosa En Vivo - Mercedes Sosa

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

...Years ago wandering through an Art market in Buenos Aires I asked a friend to recommend a CD that would be a good introduction to Argentinian music. After making our way to a music store, this CD, "30 Anos" was handed to me. It was the first time I'd heard of the singer called Mercedes Sosa. Mercedes Sosa is arguably Argentina's greatest and most prolific recording artist of all time. There are many CD collections of her music and it would be difficult to recommend one above the other, but "30 Anos" is a nice introduction to her music that stretches back to the early 1960s. The CD was first released in the mid 1990s. My copy unfortunately did not contain the lyrics. For many years Mercedes Sosa was known as "the voice of the silent majority" in Latin America. In her native Argentina her music is still seen as being a "symbol... Read review

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Advantages: Amazing melodies and profound beautiful lyrics
Disadvantages: Absolutely none

...you could find the following information on one of the tens of thousands of websites about Silvio Rodriguez, here is a list (by no means comprehensive) of some of his albums. "Cita Con Angeles" "Expedición" (Recorded with a whole symphonic orchestra) "Mariposas" (with Rey Guerra) "Descartes" "EnVivo (Live) en Argentina" (with Pablo Milanés) "Silvio" "Domínguez" "Rodríguez" "Silvio Autobiográfico" "En Vivo en Chile" "Oh Melancolía" "Causas y Azares" "Tríptico- Vol I" "Tríptico Vol II" "Tríptico Vol III" "Arboles" (with Roy Brown and Afrocuba" "Unicornio" "Rabo de Nube" "Mujeres" "Al Final de este viaje…" "Te doy una canción" "Días y Flores" © Lola Awada 2005... Read review

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Advantages: classic songs from the 1990s
Disadvantages: none

...The Best of En Vogue is definitely a must have for anybody who wants to see how girl groups should be done. It starts off with the massive hit My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It), which sets an extremely high standard for the rest of the album to follow. After that you get the ballad Hold On and the funky Whatta Man (recorded with Salt'N'Pepa). The 4th track is possibly my favourite on the album, "Free Your Mind", which is a melodic rant against prejudice in all it's forms. Don't Let Go (Love) is next up, and is another ballad with the En Vogue ladies in perfect harmony over an understated backdrop. There are 14 tracks on the album - I won't go through them all, but they tend to range from girl-power type songs like Whatta Man, Lies and Let It Flow, to more ballad-type tracks such as No Fool No More, Love Don't Love You... Read review

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