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- Summary: This is the second album of Spanish folk music Josephine Foster has recorded with the Victor Herrero Band.
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- Record Label: Fire Records
- Genre(s): Folk, Neo-Traditional Folk, International, Alternative Folk, Western European Traditions, Spanish Folk
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May 30, 2012The most compelling Spanish album I've heard in ages.
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May 30, 2012Perlas is a lovely, understated album, sure in its stride but happy to wander, and somehow peaceable and playful, even as the songs hymn broken hearts.
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The WireJul 24, 2012Perlas is debonair, contemporary and redolent of that old seductive charge. [Mya 2012, p.58]
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May 30, 2012Fans of Anda Jaleo will immediately warm to this ten-song set.
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May 30, 2012It's undoubtedly an acquired taste, and you can't imagine actually wanting to listen to it all that much, but there's definitely much to admire here.
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May 30, 2012There is a natural grace to these compositions that's difficult to deny.
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Q MagazineJun 20, 2012Foster's voice sounds as beautifully eerie as ever; imagine a ghost from a Deep South 78 brought back from the dead. Little else here, however, sounds avant-garde. [Jun 2012, p.101]