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3.0 out of 5 stars
Latin roots of the DGQ, December 4, 2004
This review is from: Latin Touch (Audio CD)
Since I've recently given 3 stars to a few discs, I think maybe I should explain my method. I don't want it to seem like I am in a bad mood and dumping on everything. I'm not.
Once I decide to review something, 3 stars is where I start. It's my base score. Then I just add or subtract stars as needed. Although I am also judging things against other things from that "genre" or artist, so 3 itself can be good or kinda blah. The stars are the toughest part of most reviews for me. I think what I write gives a better feel of my thoughts than do the number of stars I pick.
Okay onto the music. I give this disc 3 stars because it's perfectly pleasant, but it doesn't blow me away or reduce me to tears of joy or sadness. This is one of those nice little recordings I can pop in for background music when my grandparents are here, or when I just want to relax and not necessarily hang on every note. If that is what you are in the market for right now, I dare say this would be a perfect cd for your needs. Having said that, there are 2 tracks here that I do find quite engaging. I perk up for tracks 7 and 10.
What you have here are a few solo guitar tracks by Enrique, but usually it's Enrique in duos or trios, with everyone from Walter Rios (bandoneon), Nicolas Brizuela (guitar), Carlos Crespo (quena and zamponia), to David Grisman Quintet bandmates David Grisman and Matt Eakle.
My main reason for 3 stars here is because, while I like this disc, I don't like it as much as the other Coria disc I have, Guitar Artistry of Enrique Coria: Solos from South America. Plus, I know enough about latin musics to know that I don't know very much yet. As much as I like Solos from South America, I don't have very many latin guitar discs at all. I just know there are some out there that are better than that disc, by people I've never even heard of yet.
If you're really a fan of the latin side of the Enrique-era DGQ (1994 to the present), you'll find this disc to be a pleasant look into where Enrique is coming from, but if you're really deep into latin musics, I am assuming you already own better overall discs than this one. I mean this as no knock on Enrique though. The DGQ (for me) was near death in the early '90s. Enrique joining them in '94 was exactly what they needed. He was instrumental in turning them back into a fantastic band.
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