| Various Artists / Rough Guide To Latino Nuevo |
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| Album: | Rough Guide To Latino Nuevo | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Sep 2007 | |
| Label: | World Music Network | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-10-07 | Pull Date: | 2007-12-09 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Dec 9 | Dec 2 | Nov 25 | Nov 18 | Nov 11 | Nov 4 | Oct 28 | Oct 21 |
| Airplays: | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 07, 2007: | The Second Set Oh Kuri | 4. | Dec 02, 2007: | New World Disorder Oh Kuri | |
| 2. | Dec 06, 2007: | Sunshine ... on a Rainy Afternoon Ride La Ola | 5. | Nov 29, 2007: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon Afrika | |
| 3. | Dec 05, 2007: | "In Your Ear ..." with David Bug, a noontime excursion into sounded word La Candela | 6. | Nov 26, 2007: | It's Arbitrary La Temperatura |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2007-10-08 | ||
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[coll]: Rough Guide to Latino Nuevo Reviewed by Sadie O., 9/28/07 Wide variety of modern Latin music (no Reggaeton, sorry!) Extremely good musicianship on all – I could have given more stars. I have the feeling most cuts were chosen for wide accessibility – and weren’t what I would have chosen! Still good, of course… One almost indistinguishable FCC on track 12. Most tracks all in Spanish. Track 5 is really unusual and cool, 6 and 8 are fun, it’s all good… 1. *standup bass intro, very cool downtempo cumbia. Fades a bit early. 2. *guitar duet intro, midtempo cha cha with cool hoarse vocals. A bit of heavy metal guitar, just to ramp things up a notch. 3. *uptempo and energetic Afro-Caribbean-Latin stew from P.R. 4. *upbeat mix of merengue and house. Definitely Nuevo. Gets kinda dubby, too. 5. ****betcha didn’t know there’s a huge East Indian community in the Caribbean. Most of them tend to the very popular “Soca Chutney” style – this is completely different, and VERY cool. 6. ***latin funk with very African-influenced percussion, choral chanting, wah-wah guitar. Nice and thick and hearty. 7. **midtempo salsa with a mess of funk, some scratching and a smidge of ska, fine horns, vocals and beat. We have several CDs by these guys – they’re terrific. 8. ***flutes intro, then a wildly energetic Latin soca – strictly party in the streets stuff. 9. **hand percussion intro, happy and upbeat Afro-Latin with a touch of funk. 10. *downtempo and mellow with strong 2/4 beat and acoustic guitar, pretty solo vocals. 11. dreamy acoustic guitar and electronics, pretty female vocals. 12. FCC – “shit” – very fleeting. *extremely downtempo jazz-bluesy intro, then midtempo hand drums and salsa vocals. Somehow still laid-back. Switches up to Latin hip hop halfway through. Some rap in English, political. 13. **downtempo Latin Hip Hop, rap in English (from SF!), consciousness lyrics. Obviously a couple of cleaned up FCCs – thanks for that… 14. *slow violin intro, then very slow lament with very pretty female vocals. It’s beautiful, but I like their more aggressive stuff better. Ends with lots of handdrums. | ||
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