Plena for my Boombox
Against all odds I've put out another annual mix CD of what I've been listening to lately. Like last year, if you're a regular commenter here, drop me a line and I'll send you a copy. And for those of you who already have it and came here for the liner notes, the links on the left below will take you to more info about the artists.
| Plena for my Boombox | | Stuff I've been listening to in 2003 |
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| Zuco 103 | 1 | Zabumba no Mar
Bass drum in the sea |
| Tribalistas | 2 | Já Sei Namorar
I know how how to love, I know how to kick the ball |
| Celso Piña | 3 | Sólo Quiero un Xodó
Mexican cumbia cover of the Brazilian standard |
| Smokey and Miho | 4 | Consolacão
Spinoff of the Japanese pop group Ciba Matto |
| Torch | 5 | Dindi
Austin singer Seela and her band |
| Catavento | 6 | Music Goes Round and Round
Since when does a trumpet have four valves? |
| Óscar Alemán | 7 | Bésame mucho
Argentine-Brazilian orphan who grew up to play Django-style jazz guitar in Paris |
| Glover Gill | 8 | Milonguita Irminita
Austin's king of the tango |
| Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán | 9 | Mambo Sinuendo
The roving guitarist and the Cuban surfer |
| Mosquitos | 10 | Boombox
Indie pop meets MPB |
| Charlie Hunter and Garage a Trois | 11 | Plena for my Grundle
I looked up "grundle" and I'm almost sorry I did |
| Bumcello | 12 | 3 Bandits
Drums 'n' cello |
| The Clash | 13 | The Guns of Brixton
Who knew the Clash was NRA? |
| Antibalas | 14 | Uprising
Insurgent Afrobeat from Brooklyn |
| Celso Piña | 15 | Cumbia Sobre el Río
The Johnny Cash of Monterrey cumbia |
| Café Tacuba | 16 | Eo [El Sonidero]
What happens happens will happen happened |
| The Judys | 17 | All the Pretty Girls
I used to live next door to this guy |
| Jim White | 18 | Handcuffed to a Fence in Mississippi
Things is always better than they seem |
| Tin Hat Trio | 19 | Big Blue House
Is that a tinfoil helmet? |
| Zuco 103 | 20 | Maracatu Atômico
Behind the skyscraper there is a sky, there is a sky |
| Tribalistas | 21 | Um a Um
I don't want to win, I want to get there together |
| Maria Rita | 22 | Menininha do Portão
The girl goes out the gate and comes to play |
| Torch | 23 | Bye Bye Blackbird
Pack up all my care and woe |
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(A printable version of the liner notes is here.)