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Amarantine brings a tear to my eye

Advantages: Absolutely beautiful music; emotional; powerful
Disadvantages: I wish it was longer

Enya is an irish singer, best known for singing the theme tune for the premier film 'Gladiator'. She has an amazingly soft yet powerful voice that makes me feel sleepy when listening to her. This is a such a beautiful piece of music. The music in unconsciously consistent the enitre waythrough the song which makes you feel really relaxed and drowsy. The music sort of echo's and I liken it to raindrops. The beat is four beats, the inital beat is slightly ...
...da; da; da' 'DA; da; da; da' The lyrics are heart warming and I said that this was a song I sing to my mum when she is feeling low following an argument with my step-dad. The song is all about the enternity of love, 'Amarantine' being roughly translated as 'Eternity'. A part from the chorous, every verse is the same consistent rhymthm and beat ,again, to make you feel relaxed. It's a two syllable beat each sentence, the stress on the last syllable. ...

LaceyR26 11.06.2009 · Read full review
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Laundry Service - Easily Shakira's best album to date

Advantages: Fantastic album
Disadvantages: Need to brush up on your Spanish

It is an unfortunate fact of life for the many thousands of talented latin musicians that, if you want to make it on a worldwide scale, you have to learn to sing in English. This was powerfully illustrated in the late 1990s by Ricky Martin, and in 2001 when Shakira's third studio album - but only her first in the English language - expanded her appeal from the confines of the Spanish-speaking world and sent her global. Of course the fact that the ...
...coupled with the fact that Shakira herself is a multi-talented mega-babe, did her progression no harm at all. The album itself is an appealing mix of traditional latin beats, pop and ballads, with a number of tracks still sung in her native tongue - but not enough to make the album unlistenable to the monolingual masses (of which I am one). OBJECTION - Starting with a typical Tango-Argentino introduction, the song bursts into life with a lyrical ...

rabidbadger 04.10.2009 · Read full review
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Gipsy Kings is Spanish Music at its best

Advantages: Great uplifting and up tempo music
Disadvantages: None

...songs that feature on their greatest hits. Gipsy King like Bob Marley, in my opinion, are in a league of their own and once people hear their song Bombeleo , they will realise that they have heard it before. Although I only speak a few words of spanish, I don’t beleive it is needed to appreciate the guitar mastery and the warm, acoustic tones and variety this album offers. I remember initially listening to Gipsy King in the 90’s when I worked at ...
...world. I now have the CD and it often keeps me company on long journeys and the drive to work. The group has a great voice and the music often whisks me often to a a warm, meditarranean climate. I close my eyes(not while i’m driving) and can imagine myself in an exotic, hot country with the sounds of the sea and the feel of sand beneath my feet. The music is very uplighting and its acoustic excellence and dulcet tones can be appreciated by people ...

frankfemale 29.07.2009 · Read full review
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Let the music flow

Advantages: Easy listening
Disadvantages: Spanish lyrics

...1999) I had heard of Buena Vista Social Club for many years but only recently I dug out this treasure and started to appreciate it. Sometime ago I saw the documentary film about Buena Vista Social Club on FilmFour; I was so captured by the music in the film that I ordered the CD album straight away from Internet. Ry Cooder, the producer of the CD, said in the introduction, "In Cuba the music flows like a river. It takes care of you and rebuilds ...
...umm umm... 13) Buena Vista Social Club * * * * * Believe me, this jazzy piano piece really flows like river. I loved it! 14) La Bayamesa * * * A patriotic song about a woman who burnt down her house to prevent the enemy taking over. ♪ But she can hear her homeland crying out… ♪ She has left everything, she has burnt everything… The CD is sold with a 48-page booklet describing the background of the tracks, plus the lyrics ...

CMJT 15.04.2005 · Read full review
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Introducing... Warsaw Village Band ~ 'Uprooting'

Advantages: Exciting; unique; passionate; challenging
Disadvantages: Well, it's in Polish, so some may find that a disadvantage...

In recent years, the little-known Warsaw Village Band have risen from obscurity to earn some much deserved recognition, playing several high-profile festivals including Glastonbury 09, and even clinching the Best Newcomer award at the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards in 2004. 'Uprooting' is a fine example of the band's capability, and also of their potential to grow and continue. Comprising six young musicians from Poland's capital, the band blend ...
...passionate and hypnotising set of tracks which should be essential listening for any music fan. I had the honour of first hearing the band when they performed at Musicport Festival 2008, a very surreal experience indeed as they were supporting Rolf Harris! Their set consisted of many of the tracks from 'Uprooting'. The performance put on by the band was both aurally and visually stunning, in part due to their incorporation in their music of many ...

littlewiggle 25.11.2009 · Read full review
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