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Various Artists
Rough Guide to the Music of Mexico
Genres: International Music, Pop

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Qu? Puntada - Escobar, Antonio
2. Las Flores - DelReal, Emmanuel
3. La Juanita - D.P.
4. El Ni?o Perdido - Meza, Luis P?rez
5. La Tortolita
6. La Guacamaya - Negra Graciana
7. La Malague?a
8. Que Suene el Son - Vel?zquez, Guillerm
9. La Tirana - Alonso, C. Curet
10. Peregrina
11. El Pajarillo Jilguero
12. Horchata - Vald?z, Abelardo
13. Fandango Allende - Carrillo, H?ctor
14. La Iguana - Traditional
15. Silvia Sapichu (La Cervecita) - Francisco, Argemiro
16. El San Lorenzo
17. Camilo Hern?ndez - Moreno, Felipe Juar
18. El Cihualteco
19. Joder
20. El Charro Canroll - Arau

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Rough Guide to the Music of Mexico
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: World Music Network
Original Release Date: 1/1/2002
Re-Release Date: 12/2/2002
Genres: International Music, Pop
Style: Mexico
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 605633109825

Synopsis

Album Description

Fed by a source that runs thick and fast, the best Mexican musicians consistently express the passion that has always fired the country's music. Live music is everywhere - at parties, concerts, festivals, births, deaths, marriages, on saints' days and in the media. The range of styles in Mexico is enormous and this album features a selection including son, ranchera, new son jarocho, Mexican rock, mariachi and big band. What these have in common is a great irreverence, a sense of humour and a passion for life and love that is not frightened of extremes. The Rough Guide To The Music Of Mexico offers a highly sought after introduction to the city sounds while tracing these back to the traditional music that gave birth to them. Artists include: Astrid Hadad, Cafe Tacuba, Juan Reynoso, Eugenia Leon, Salon Victoria, Chuchumbe, Mariachi Reyes Del Aserradero and Los De Abajo

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CD Reviews

Fabulous and Eclectic Introduction to One of the World's Gre

Robert Reid | Chicago, IL USA | 09/25/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a fabulous and eclectic introduction to a musical culture, that, until I got this record, didn't know much about. You may hear some familiar Flamenco or "Buena Vista Social Club" type influences in many of the songs, but "El Nino Perdido" could well be classified as Prog Circus, and "Joder" sounds like the product of robotic composers influenced equally by free jazz and military drill songs. From the hypnotizing harp melody of "La Guacamaya" to the beautiful vocal harmonies and fingerstyle guitar of "La Juanita" to the trademark Mexican hyena laughing in "Que Puntada", this is a fun album full of surprises.

If you're like me and want to get past thinking of "world" music as a genre, and then past the notion that even the music of one country could pass for a genre any more than Appalachian Folk and Heavy Metal should be classifed together under "American Music," then listening to this may well be a mind-broadening experience."