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  • Summary: Producer Peter Asher and a 13-piece Cuban orchestra help reinterpret some of Rodrigo y Gabriela favorite songs.

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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Jan 20, 2012
    83
    Call it Buena Vista Shredding Club. [27 Jan 2012, p.71]
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  2. Q Magazine
    Feb 22, 2012
    80
    Groundbreaking and mind-boggling. [Mar 2012, p.111]
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  3. The Fly (UK)
    Feb 10, 2012
    60
    Mis-steps like the sticky Santana-worship on 'Hanuman' are far less palatable, but when the combinations match up, it proves exactly how impressive this band have become.

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