Obsesión

1. Congoli Shangó

2. Echen Coplas, Compañeros

3. Campanitas de Cristal

4. Alma Llanera

5. O Que Será (A flor da pele)

6. La Fiesta de la Tirana

7. Tonada de Luna Llena

8. Barlovento

9. Marcha Akuchimay

10. El Carretero

11. Obsesión

12. Durme Kerido Hijiko

13. Canoa Ranchada

14. El Gavilán

15. El Reloj

16. Samba Landó

17. Duerme Negrito

18. Guantanamera

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
CALLE SUR (.callesur.com)

Calle Sur is what happens when you combine man and woman, Black and White, urban and rural. Hearing Calle Sur gives you that gorgeous feeling that something just left you breathless and tingling, but you can't say exactly why. Seeing Calle Sur is living proof that the terms "Hispanic" and "Latino" can't be summarized.

Ed East is Panamanian. His upbringing in Panama City meant noise, hustle, bustle, and those chaotic smells and sights so characteristic of any Third World metropolis. It also meant a fierce need for individuality and lots of musical innovation and creativity, as expressed in the work of his compatriot, Ruben Blades. Karin Stein, his Colombian partner, brings to the music of Calle Sur the perspective of her rural upbringing. Very rural, that is. She is a cowgirl from the eastern Llanos or plains of Colombia. No kidding.

This duo has charisma. It has class. It has good looks. And it has talent to boot. One minute, Ed's drumming makes you jump to your feet. The next, you sway to the samba he plays on his guitar. Karin strums a mean 6/8 beat on her Venezuelan cuatro, then effortlessly switches to Bolivian panpipes. Ed's versatile voice takes you from guajira and jazz to bossa nova and salsa tunes. Karin melts you away with a Ladino lullaby, then swings you with an Afro-Caribbean cumbia, packing Mercedes Sosa and Joan Baez into her vocal chords. And when they sing one of their boleros together... there is nothing left to do but to let the goose bumps run up and down your spine.

Product Description
Obsesión is beautiful, happy, touching, sexy, rambunctious, soothing, familiar, and surprising. Obsesión is exactly what Calle Sur meant it to be: a broad sampler of what makes Latin American music so great. In this album you will find new arrangements of familiar classics, such as the title tune "Obsesión," from Puerto Rico, and the Venezuelan folk song "Alma Llanera." If you’ve ever thought you heard Guantanamera one time too many, think again. I guarantee that you will find yourself singing your heart out to Calle Sur's version of this compelling and profoundly poetic piece. The album also contains rare treasures, such as the Argentinean round "Echen Coplas, Compañeros" and the Ladino lullaby, "Durme, Kerido Hijiko." The CD includes the lyrics to the songs, as well as a short MPEG video of scenes recorded at several of Calle Sur’s live performances. No matter how extensive or limited your collection of Latin American music, you can’t go wrong with Obsesión.

Obsesión,Calle Sur,Toucan Records

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