La cantaora mestizo, Manu Chao & Calexico connection!
Let's make it clear as day, right from the start: 'Espiritu del Sol', the latest Amparo Sanchez is not one to get you down. Rather, keywords are: energy, optimism, charisma, exuberant and healthy feminism... boléro, folk-rock, rumba, cuarteto... exciting 'mestizo' then.
We still remember Spain's Amparo from Amparanoia and the fruitful Manu Chao collaboration. Now also 'close' with Joey-Calexico-Burns and so 'Espiritu del Sol' was again recorded in their Wavelab Studios, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
You can get hold of this radiant gem through World Village/Harmonia Mundi, or here via Via Lactea.
This time, we are again expecting Amparo with: Jose Alberto Varona Saavedra (trumpet), Jordi Mestres (bass), Willy Fuego (guitar), Ricard Parera (drums), and you, of course!