2012-06-18
I’ll give Starbucks credit for recognizing the current Latin alternative music scene and bringing it to the masses on this compilation. I’m sure many of WYCE’s listeners are already familiar with such artists as Senor Coconut, Los Amigos Invisibles, Aterciopelados, and Mexican Institute of Sound. You may discover some you aren’t so familiar with, though, such as Spanish rock band, Polock, Columbian beat-masters, Monareta, or electro-bossa nova artist, DJ Bitman. My favorite? The Venezuelan collective, Cuarto Poder, with the playful summertime ode, ”Arenita Playita”. Rebecca RuthAPOLLO NOVE
RES INEXPLICATA VOLANS
Pauline Scanlon
Red Colour Sun
TOM ZE
Estuando A Bossa: Nordeste Plaza
LOREENA MCKENNITT
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Liz Carroll and John Doyle
Double Play
Tarika
10: Beasts, Ghosts and Dancing with History
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