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 RuthKiran Ahluwalia
Kiran Ahluwalia
Ken Wiley
Urban Horn Project
VARIOUS
Backspin – Six Degrees 10 Anniv. Project
LOREENA MCKENNITT
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Afro-Celt Sound System
Pod
Various Artists – Absolutely Irish
Absoulutely Irish Soundrack
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