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Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band - Anda Jaleo (2010)

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Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band - Anda Jaleo (2010)

Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band - Anda Jaleo (2010)
MP3 CBR 320kbps ~ 100 Mb (incl 5%) | Time: 00:39:50
Genre: Folk, Acoustic, Psychedelic | Label: Fire Records | # FIRECD150

American folk singer/songwriter Josephine Foster teams up with a band led by Spanish singer/guitarist Victor Herrero for Anda Jaleo, which is a new version of the collection of Spanish folk songs called Las Canciones Populares when it was recorded in 1931 by Federico García Lorca, who collected the songs, and the group La Argentinita. Although the songs do not have any overt political content, they were banned under the Franco dictatorship and have been identified with the Spanish Civil War. In the U.S., performers such as the Weavers (who recorded "Anda Jaleo" itself) have taken them up. Foster and Herrero provide authentic settings for the songs, which Foster sings in Spanish in her high, nasal voice. Herrero's musicians, playing guitars and percussion, often give them a flamenco feel, although the delicate "Los Reyes de la Baraja" (Kings of the Cards) sounds almost Japanese and Foster takes "Nana de Sevilla" (Lullaby from Seville), the closing track, a cappella. An important collection of Spanish folk music, nearly lost to history, is revived and preserved here.
Review by William Ruhlmann, Allmusic.com
Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band - Anda Jaleo (2010)

Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band - Anda Jaleo (2010)

As a teen, Colorado-born singer/songwriter/guitarist Josephine Foster honed her vocal skills at weddings and funerals. Her initial career aspirations leaned toward opera, but as she neared her twenties it was the music of Tin Pan Alley and early British folk that became her muse, resulting in a series of demos that would eventually morph into 2000’s ukulele-heavy There Are Eyes Above and 2001’s collection of children’s songs entitled Little Life. She eventually relocated to Chicago, where she spent her days as a singing teacher and her evenings performing with her various bands, including Born Heller (a sparse and spooky duo featuring free jazz bassist Jason Ajemian) and the Children’s Hour (a whimsical indie pop band with fellow Windy City songwriter Andrew Bar). Foster returned to her solo career for 2004’s All the Leaves Are Gone, a ghostly and occasionally jarring collection of folk-infused psychedelic rock tunes with her newly formed backing band, the Supposed. It was followed in 2005 by the quiet, rustic, and bluesy Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, an acid-washed rendering of 19th century-style art songs culled from the works of Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms, was released in 2006, followed by This Coming Gladness in 2008 and Graphic as a Star in 2009.

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Tracklist:


1. Los Cuatro Muleros
2. Los Pelegrinitos
3. Las Morillas De Jaén
4. Anda Jaleo
5. Las Tres Hojas
6. Los Mozos De Monleón
7. Sevillanas Del Siglo
8. Los Reyes De La Baraja
9. El Café De Chinitas
10. Zorongo
11. Nana De Sevilla


Personnel:

Arranged By - Josephine Foster , Victor Herrero
Bass, Backing Vocals - José Luis Herrero
Guitar, Guitar [Portuguese Guitar], Vocals [Sings] - Victor Herrero
Mastered By - Griffin Rodriguez
Percussion [Rociero Drum], Performer [Rociero Cane, Anis Bottle, Palmas & Jaleos], Percussion [Percussions] - José Luis Rico
Vocals [Sings], Performer [Dances], Castanets, Harp, Spoons - Josephine Foster