Summary
The new owners immediately set about refurbishing the back catalog, remastering the albums (as of 2006, the plan was to reissue at least 300 titles) and commissioning new liner-note essays from knowledgeable writers like Ernesto Lechner, Latin Beat contributor and former DJ Nelson Rodriguez, and descarga.com contributor John Child. Some of her upbeat tracks make the rhythm section sound like their arms might fly off from playing so fast, but there are only two of those, amid a lot of big-brass-'n'-orchestra ballads.
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Discovering the Illmatic of Salsa
Until earlier this year, I only knew salsa as one of two musical genres you really don't want your downstairs neighbor to love and consequently blare at all hours, the other being Merzbow-style noise. But I'm learning the error of my ways, thanks to a recent influx of reissues and...
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