| Villalobos Brothers / Somos |
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| Album: | Somos | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Villalobos Brothers | Added: | Aug 2019 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2019-08-21 | Pull Date: | 2019-10-23 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Oct 20 | Oct 13 | Oct 6 | Sep 29 | Sep 22 | Sep 15 | Sep 8 | Sep 1 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 15, 2021: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from Sep 17, 2019) Hombres De Arcilla | 4. | Oct 11, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from October 11, 2019) Ausencia De Ti | |
| 2. | Oct 18, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio Veracruzana | 5. | Oct 11, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Ausencia De Ti | |
| 3. | Oct 15, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics Hombres De Arcilla | 6. | Oct 10, 2019: | Hella Mixed Radio Hour Lo Relativo |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2019-08-21 | ||
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Three brothers with classical music training plus their friend make interesting and varied music together; originally from Veracruz, they are now based in the Bronx. Their instruments and voices blend in a pleasing way with influences from Mexican folk music and jazz; fresh, unique sound No FCC's: Favorite tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10,33 *1 – Xalapa Bang! – 4:34 –edgy lyrics about peaceful protests crushed by state-sanctioned violence with gypsy violin flourishes, vocal harmony, and piano glisses *2 –Destino –5:54-- a little slower with nice guitar intro, vocal and violin harmony 3—Chiquitita –3:22-- nice harmony and punchy syncopation *4--Lo Relativo—5:16 – vocal with violin through-line and spiky rhythmic accompaniment 5--Hombres de Arcilla –7:24-- haunting ballad about the disappeared students in southern Mexico introduces more dissonant neo-classical notes and techniques 6. Quien Eres Tu—4:24 –pretty vocal backed by romantic strings 7. Hermano Mio –4:50-- mysterious violin riffs lead off and then guitar comes in and beat picks up 8. La Leva -6:28 --traditional sounding music under spoken dialogue segues to strings and then gets more rhythmic *9. Ausencia de Ti—4:27—sweetly legato guitar and violin ballad *10. Sin Mi—5:37 – interesting mixture of genres 11. Wind Song—4:11-- you can definitely hear the wind blowing through the strings 12. Somos—3:41—mainstream pop sound with vocals *13. Veracruzana—5:16-- flamboyant and catchy with vocals; flamenco with violins!slows down in the middle, adds percussion and goes somewhere else and comes back | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Xalapa Bang! | 7. | Hermano Mio | |||
| 2. | Destino | 8. | La Leva | |||
| 3. | Chiquitita | 9. | Ausencia De Ti | |||
| 4. | Lo Relativo | 10. | Sin Mi | |||
| 5. | Hombres De Arcilla | 11. | Wind Song | |||
| 6. | Quien Eres Tu | 12. | Somos | |||
| 13. | Veracruzana | |||||