Various Artists - Spain: Flamenco Andalusia / VariousIn this lively album, the listener is transported to Andalusia in southern Spain, an area brimming with flamenco song and dance. The album primarily features songs in the traditional cuadro flamenco style, but also explores the stylized flamenco used in modern compositions. The recordings capture the ecstasy of the music, complete with the footsteps of dancers, cries from the audience, and percussive castanets and hand claps. The liner notes by

A true original

the album captures the essence that has continued to represent the hallmark of Altan's music

including the Top 10 hits "Walking Wounded" and "Wrong

Tom Ackley and Ed Gledhill

They present a recital that enables us to meet the miller's apprentice imagining his impending death surrounded by the flowers given him by his lost love (in transcriptions of Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin) and the water nymph Undine

One of the founding critics of the history-making Cahiers du cinema

and composer is distinctly evident in this new release

and for the most part

plus drummer / metal percussionist Jason Willer (UK Subs

If there was to be a band that stands out for it's originality

their feelings still resonate with contemporary listeners

a demo session in Toronto