Rupa & The April Fishes / Este Mundo
Album: Este Mundo   Collection:World
Artist:Rupa & The April Fishes   Added:Nov 2009
Label:Cumbancha  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-12-13 Pull Date: 2010-02-14 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Feb 14 Feb 7 Jan 31 Jan 24 Jan 17 Jan 10 Jan 3 Dec 27
Airplays: 3 1 4 2 4 1 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 19, 2022: Music Casserole
Soy Payaso
4. Jul 01, 2017: Music Casserole
Soy Payaso
2. Feb 02, 2020: Alphabet Soup
C'est Moi
5. Sep 01, 2015: It's Bollywood, It's Hollywood
C'est Moi
3. Jul 18, 2019: Global Ginga
Soledad, L'elephant, Culpa De La Luna
6. Jul 01, 2015: 7-1-2015
Soy Payaso

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2009-12-14
Mix of Gypsy swing, Columbian cumbia, French chanson with a pop attitude. Local band, 2nd CD, Rupa, a Medical doctor in SF brings a sexy voice together with great lyrics, and musicians for a great cabaret sound. All tracks are great.
1: 1:46 sound collage with violin, could go right into #2
2: 4:10 mid tempo, female vocal in French, Parisian cafe sound with vocal noodling with brass
3: 2:44 fast, female vocal in French, nice bass
4: 2:17 mid tempo, female vocal in French,
5: 3:01 mid to fast female vocal in French, clarinet
6: 3:07 fast, female vocal in Spanish, accordion
7: 4:42 mid/fast, vocal in French
8: 3:18 mid to fast, fem vocal in Spanish, male rap in English
9: 1:57 slow instrumental, trumpet featured (about the deaths along the border crossing)
10: 3:21 mid to fast vocal in Spanish, nice rhythm
****11: 5:44 slow tabla, flute intro then fast Klezmer/Balkan sound, vocal in French, bandoneon, Great sound, slows at 4:00 then fast again.
12: 3:14 mid tempo, vocal in Spanish, horns, cello, faster
***13: 4:15 mid tempo, vocal in English, nice bass, trumpet
14: 2:48 mid tempo, vocal in Spanish,
***15: 2:35 fast, pounding rhythm, vocal in Spanish,
D  Farrell 12/2009

Track Listing
1. La Frontera   8. Soledad
2. C'est Moi   9. El Camino Del Diablo
3. Por La Frontera   10. Este Mundo
4. La Linea   11. Soy Payaso
5. La Rose   12. Neruda
6. Culpa De La Luna   13. Trouble
7. L'elephant   14. Le Estrella Caida
  15. Espero La Luna