Vinicius Cantuária/Bill Frisell: Lágrimas Mexicanas – review

(Naive)At Ronnie Scott's last week, American guitarist Bill Frisell and Brazilian singer-songwriter Vinicius Cantuária captivated the crowd, yet couldn't quite capture the nuance and texture of this remarkable album. Lágrimas Mexicanas is Cantuária's collection of aural snapshots of Hispanic life in New York, traditional Latin materials sublimely transformed by cross-genre borrowings, which Frisell colours from his inimitable palette of jazz, blues and country sounds. Balefully angular electr...

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