Best Salsa & Merengue
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Muy Bueno CD por la familia."
"Muy buena produccion del Gallo salsero como es de esperar."
"TITO ROJAS IS BRINGING TO THE WORLD "TRUE" PUERTO RICAN SALSA MUSIC WITH LOTS OF STYLE."
"Con este disco Tito Rojas triunfo con el exito "Por Mujeres Como Tu"."
"Este album esta buenismo uno de sus mejores incluyendo a Perseverancia... Comprenlo y te encantara!"
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I found this CD here after loaning it to never get it back!"
"Salsa!"
"Another review here said that these songs are all covers of other artists, not original."
"Even those who are new to salsa and are not used to the music and have difficulty hearing the beat and letting their bodies dance will find it easy to move and dance with these songs."
"It was,a replacement as I lost my original music cd."
"It may be titled heavy salsa but there is nothing heavy about this CD."
"I enjoy the music to begin with and was happy to find it so quickly on Amazon who in turn connected me with you."
"Very happy with the CD I remind if any one like salsa this is the one to get."
CD > POPULAR MUSIC > LATIN.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"As a fan of Cuban music, I picked up this disk out of curiosity and find it highly enjoyable."
"Toda la musica de aqui es en estilos que ya todos estaban establecidos en los setentas y las notas que vienen con el disco son muy buenas."
"Some great and varied Latin sound."
"I love the Putumayo series, as it introduces people to music that they otherwise may not hear. This is a wonderful album, and I will most certainly try to aquire more music from these featured artists."
"Even those who are not usually into Latin music like this CD."
"So I can't wait to buy it."
"I have bought many of the Putumayo collections, the World in general one, and the Cuba one."
"This is a wonderful collection heavy on the roots side."
Best Flamenco
Each artist exhibits a unique approach from dynamic and upbeat to quiet but intense. Having witnessed the rise of Tango Nuevo, the refurbishing of Argentina's best-known native music by bandoneon maestro Astor Piazzolla , listeners might muse a bit that "New Flamenco" is an odd renovation to the Spanish guitar music's storied traditions. Instead, Ottmar Liebert , Strunz & Farah , Oscar Lopez , Luis Villegas, and eight more artists examine on Guitar Greats how Flamenco shakes the hand of pan-Ethnic music, New Age ambience, and--of course--virtuoso guitar playing.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I use this CD for massage therapy, or for just driving around sometimes."
"Really nice CD, purchased after hearing only parts in a store and being very impressed with it."
"Good listening and a great variety of players."
"Soothing music to do whatever you need doing."
Best General
Amalia Rodrigues is the unchallenged queen of fado--the Portuguese equivalent of flamenco or blues--and one of the greatest singers on record.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I recently discovered Fado after seeing Misia sing Lagrima on a DVD recorded in Leipsig. So I Googled Misia and found out about a whole genre of "pop" music which I had never heard of before. In my search, I found that one name stood out above all the others. With an open mind and complete ignorance, I played this over several. times. There were two familiar tunes: Lisboa Antiga and Coimbra, pop tunes from the 50's and 60's. They beat - thump, thump, thump, thump - like a human heartbeat. The response in my core is the same listening to Amalia's Gaivota as Maria's Suicidio."
"Amalia is the acknowledged queen of Fado."
"Love it."
"I am very pleased with the purchase, I recommend the seller."
"Not only that her incredible voice and interpretation style made her the "Queen of Fado" for decades, but I find the music that she sings to be one of the most passionate in the world."
"Still I thought I liked Mariza's voice better with that deeper and huskier and at times playful voice."
"Amalia, brought music to the millions."
"My absolute favorite collection of Amalia."
Best Tango
Argentine tango meets folk meets improv!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"As advertised."
"NO Review ,just good music."
"Groove, orchestration, timbres, cross rhythms, wonderful lyrics, variety of arrangements and instrument pairings, space and resonance, improvisational magic -- it's all here."
"First I must mention the excellent recording and production, any audiophile will like it simply for that."
"If you can't say something nice: I'd call it a good album to fall asleep to, with some of the most superbly recorded silence I've ever heard and truly virtuoso echo work."
Best Latin Pop
Bandmates Joey Burns and John Convertino have their hands in so many musical pies--including projects with OP8, Giant Sand, Victoria Williams, Giant Sand, and Richard Buckner--one wonders how they find the time to create the sun-soaked music of Calexico.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Love their musical style."
"I was watching the movie Committed on Netflix starring Heather Graham, and was really digging the soundtrack thinking that I wanted to listen to the kind of music I was hearing that makes me want to take a sexy road trip."
"CD is good quality but the jewel case was cracked."
"great fast shipping, awesome item, better than described, would buy from again!"
"excellent sonic sounds from back in the day!"
"I really like the Mariachi El Bronx sound and found this to be compatible, but sympatico."
Best Rock en Español
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Some compare them to Iron Maiden, I just hate comparisons and simply go with how it feels and sounds."
"muy buen heavy metal de esta banda espanola, las liricas son en espanol y la musica es verdadero heavy metal con un toque de power metal,si eres fanatico de iron maiden esto te gustara!"
"Tierra Santa es una exelente banda de metal española... Y para ello todos los albums son de lo mejor. Recomiendo este grupo para los metaleros de la decada de los 80's y de Maiden con riffs de Judas Priest & Helloween."