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 | Title : Mundo
Author : Blades, Ruben
Release Date : 20020917
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $16.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Ruben Blades has long been a Latin music superstar, though this album confirms suspicions he may be feeling constrained by the expectations of the genre. While others have tried their hand at the transcultural 'world music' soufflé Blades masterfully whips up here, few have achieved the inviting, warm results the Panamanian vet delivers on Mundo. But Blades wisely never loses sight that however far his musical curiosity takes him, he can still only filter the results through the prism of his own experience and traditions. Thus, there's an elegantly deceptive sense of the organic here, whether covering the Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays anthem 'First Circle' (which showcases Brazil's Boca Livre and Costa Rica's Editus) or the traditional 'Danny Boy' (which seamlessly fuses Celtic and Afro-Cuban influences with help from Lupa Mason and her soaring soprano). Blades also pays tribute to Brazilian songwriter Gilberto Gil with the glorious harmonies of 'Consideración' (a passionate reworking of Gil's 'Oriente') and infuses the Malian traditional 'Jiri Son Bali' with mambo rhythms. But the album's most subtle cocktails issue from Blades' originals, from the gypsy homages 'Parao' and 'Bochinches' (the latter fueled by savory, Havana-meets-Tangier flourishes) to the reflective, jazzy 'Ella' and 'La Ruta,' and the joyous Uilleann pipe-tinged 'Sebastian' and the romping 'A San Patricio.' These are tracks illuminated by Blades' passionate humanism, a compelling musical argument that our cultural differences should only be the seasoning for our common dreams.
Buyer Reviews :
Ruben Blades show new rhythms in his third album called 'Mundo'. If you wonder why I said third, it's because I think Ruben started a new career after released 'La rosa de los vientos' based on Panamanian music and, after that, his first album with Editus Ensemble 'Tiempos', which introduces you to this band who had my respect because they make terrific music joined with a big singer like Blades. To me, Mundo it's more deep than Tiempos, because you can find music from different countries, thanks to the colaboration of musicians like Boca Livre from Brazil, Eric Rigler, Marc Quiñones from Puerto Rico, De boca en boca from Argentina and the amazing vocals of Luba Mason. You can listen celtic, african, spanish, cuban music, etc, with typical instruments mixed between them, creating a style never listen, only presented by a master of the music like Ruben Blades and of course Editus. The best songs: Sebastian, Estampa, Ella, Danny Boy, Como nosotros. It's not a salsa album as you saw in others reviews. It's the following step of Ruben's experiments with the music created in our Mundo. When we can see a Salsa album?. Who knows, but I wait the necessary time until he still presents excellent albums like the last three.
(by marcial4)
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