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Not surprisingly, the highly political singer is no fan of George W. Bush, yet his activist pulse never interferes with his dazzling, multi-faceted music, which contains traces of everything from flamenco and griot to punk and ska. LA RADIOLINA is as much a distinct portrait of a singular artist, as it is a whirlwind tour of the global underground.
One of the most enigmatic and exciting figures in world music, Manu Chao makes each new release an event, via both his fiery, ever-expanding musical repertoire and his larger-than-life rebel persona. LA RADIOLINA is the singer's fourth solo album following the break-up of his Clash-inspired punk act Mano Negra, and it's as musically polyglot as the artist's multi-lingual tongue. Singing capably in Spanish, French, English, and Italian, among other languages, Chao brings a genuine worldliness to his music that goes far beyond mere multi-cultural lip service.
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Personnel: Carlos Herrero, Jose Manuel Gamboa, Amadou Bagayoko (guitar); Cheik Tidiane (keyboards).
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Spin (p.101) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[H]is skilled spirited execution sets him apart from other peacenik troubadours."
Entertainment Weekly (p.78) - "Chao's music is so sonically vivid, so gloriously evocative, translation seems almost superfluous." -- Grade: A-
Uncut (p.92) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "It's all articulated in a musical Esperanto, from the galloping rockabilly-blues of opener '13 Dias' through the frenetic energy of 'Panic Panic'..."
Down Beat (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Musically, Chao knows how to lodge a hook into the memory....The album proves irresistible."
Vibe (p.98) - "[H]e can still surprise -- the bluegrass edge of 'Besoin de la Lune' and the touch of metal on 'Y Ahora Que?' are both inspiringly deft." Manu Chao La Radiolina Songs La Radiolina Music Review Purchase La Radiolina CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Manu Chao Proxima Estacion: Esperanza CD (2001)
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PROXIMA ESTACION was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album.
Clandestino, Manu Chao's first solo effort, owed its greatness to its character. It was a minimalistic, yet filled with experimentation, album. But, what's most distinctive, it was honest, direct, intimate: the personal diary of someone who had traveled a lot, not only around Latin America but through life. Unfortunately, Chao seems to lose his way a little bit in Esperanza. Apparently intended to be a continuation of what started in Clandestino, it ends being just a clone of it. The reiteration of ideas and formulas takes away from Esperanza everything that made of Clandestino a memorable piece of work. The problem with Esperanza is that Chao, instead of deepening what he proposed in his first album, seems to overfly the surface of his ideas. The consequence of this is that he transforms charm into cliché, leaving the listener with a very light flavor. Anyway, Esperanza still has a bunch of great songs ("Mr Bobby," "Mi Vida," "Trapped By Love," "Me Gustas Tú," "Bixo") and good lyrics ("Mi Vida") which amply justify its listening. ...
| | Manu Chao Clandestino CD (1998)
La Radiolina
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The first solo album released by the former frontman of Mano Negra, Clandestino is an enchanting trip through Latin-flavored worldbeat rock, reliant on a potpourri of musical styles from traditional Latin and salsa to dub to rock & roll to French pop to experimental rock to techno. Chao's voice tends to be a bit nasally, but the best songs ("Mentira," "Mama Call," and the silly novelty "Bongo Bong") here benefit from his infectious, freewheeling delivery which incorporates ...
| | Tinariwen Aman Iman CD (2007) (Import)
La Radiolina
$14.69 
Like their Malian peers, they favor hypnotic, single-note guitar runs with gutbucket vocals that double the guitar melody. Where they differ is in an improvisational group dynamic that adds elements of funk, rock, and a certain hallucinatory desert feel that seems less inspired by American blues forms and more an organic outpouring of pure inspiration, creating an utterly compelling, sui generis sound. On this 2007 release, their third album, these guys sing and play as if their lives depend on it.
Sub-Saharan guitar blues has taken a strong enough foothold in the world music scene to qualify as its own genre, with its own stars and aesthetics and, now, its own alternative offshoots like Tinariwen. Formed in the 1980s in Muammar Qaddafi's rebel training camps, this group of Touareg ...
| | Gogol Bordello Super Taranta! CD (2007)
La Radiolina
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On SUPER TARANTA!, its second full-length outing for the Side One Dummy label, the gypsy-punk ensemble Gogol Bordello offers up another raucous set of eclectic songs rooted in Eastern European folk music. Powered by the boundless enthusiasm of Ukrainian-born vocalist/guitarist/percussionist Eugene Hutz, the New York City-based band careens through upbeat numbers that boast leaping violin lines and swooping accordion playing, capturing the rabble-rousing spirit of early Pogues, but fueled not by Irish whiskey but by Russian vodka. While most of the tunes on SUPER TARANTA! are fast and festive (see the giddy "Wonderlust King"), Hutz and his group occasionally slow things down to a hung-over crawl (particularly on the woozy "Alcohol"), resulting in ...
| | Rilo Kiley Under The Blacklight CD (2007)
La Radiolina
$12.19
L.A.'s cuddliest indie-rockers go for the gold on their fourth album and major-label debut. The warm and fuzzy country/folk-inflected sound that made Rilo Kiley an underground sensation is shunted aside in favor of a more radio-friendly approach. This stylistic expansion encompasses everything from lite-funk grooves and soul horns to New Wave synths and crunchy, chugging guitar riffs. The album-closer, "Give a Little Love," sounds like some alternate-reality ...
| | MGMT Oracular Spectacular CD (2008)
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| | Warlocks Phoenix CD (2002)
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| | Jette-Ives In The Deep CD (2006)
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$18.99
Jette-Ives is the pensive provocateur of feisty jazz singer Jette Kelly and inimitable composer-producer Holmes Ives. Simultaneously melancholic and lascivious, candid and metaphoric, sometimes jazzy and always charismatic--Jette-Ives's debut album, In the Deep, is an intoxicating, unapologetically debauched liaison with temptation. In the Deep undulates beneath Jette Kelly's cashmere voice and salacious pen; rises with the elegant composition and acclaimed production of Holmes ...
| | Jimmy Edward Tejano Gold CD (2007) (Import)
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| | Rosa Leon Canciones Infantiles CD (2003) (Import) Import
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| | Darren Hayes This Delicate Thing We've Made CDs (2007)
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| | Holloways So This Is Great Britain? CD (2006)
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| | Donnas Bitchin CD (2007) (Import) Bonus Track; Japan
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| | Simply Party CD (2007)
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$20.65
| | Electric Soft Parade Human Body EP CD (2007) (Import)
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