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Monday 27 September 2010

Mexican Frying An Egg

So was in the Bronx the other week, strolling up from Belmont to the Fordham Metro-North station, when I came across a man selling Mexican and other latin CDs for $5 a go. I bought a couple more or less at random, never having heard of most of the acts he stocked.

The first CD, by an Argentinian calling himself King Africa, was pretty awful - a South American version of that Austrian who did the dreadful remake of "Hey Baby". The second - a 1995 compilation called "Mas Furia De Los Exitos" - was much better. Released out of Miami on Rodven Records, with one exception it consists entirely of Mexican bands. The exception is the first of today's selections - Los Fantasmas Del Caribe from Venezuela.

"Celina" - Los Fantasmas Del Caribe

"Aguita De Melon" - Fito Olivares

As I say, the CD is pretty good. But I has been hoping for more traditionally Mexican. Like this.

2 comments:

  1. Why type of Mexican music are you looking for?

    The best Mexican music in my opinion would be Mariachi (60's - Now), boleros and trios (50s - 70s) Or Norteno and Tejano (70's - 90's)

    Mariachi:
    Vicente Fernandez
    Pepe Aguilar
    Mariachi Vargas

    Trios:
    Los Tres Panchos
    Los Tres Ases
    Los Tres Diamantes

    Norteno:
    Los Relampagos Del Norte
    Ramon Ayala
    Cornelio Reyna
    Los Cadetes de Linares
    Intocable

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  2. Thanks for the suggestions - I'll look into them.

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