Perlas
- Josephine Foster
- Band Name: Josephine Foster
- Record Label: Fire Records
- Release Date: May 15, 2012
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May 30, 2012100The most compelling Spanish album I've heard in ages.
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Jul 24, 201280Perlas is debonair, contemporary and redolent of that old seductive charge. [Mya 2012, p.58]
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May 30, 201280Perlas 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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May 30, 201280This simple, heart-achingly evocative album brings a contemporary approach whilst observing the traditions of the rich mine of Spanish musical culture.
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May 30, 201270Fans of Anda Jaleo will immediately warm to this ten-song set.
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Jun 20, 201260Foster'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]
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May 30, 201260There is a natural grace to these compositions that's difficult to deny.
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May 30, 201260It'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.