Tag: Elan
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SnC 342 – No added NYC
For the first time in a very long time, NO tracks from Brooklyn nor even anywhere else in New York. Eight cracking tracks though from Spain, London, Virginia, Australia, Canada, LA and Mexico. You’ll get the tracks at a bit of a canter since I’m getting close to the upload limit on the servers at…
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SnC 332 – Partying in Guadalajara?
It’s Adnams Artist of the Month time this week with a fascinating volunteer to select the winning artist, Kurt Hartle makes some insightful observations and comes up with a rather surprising but wholly deserving choice. There was a time, not long ago, when coffee at a hotel would have been pretty dire. The Crown in Southwold served…
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AOTM June 2012 – ELAN
On their eighth album See Us Spin, the brother and sister led quintet continue a streak as the first Mexican group to release successful albums in English, offering plenty of gritty, graceful style in its tracks thanks to the snake charmer’s dance of Elán’s vibrant singing and deeply human lyrics, and Jan Carlo DeFan’s emotionally…
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SnC 326 – Normal?
After what feels like at least a week of activities to mark the 60th year of the Queen’s reign, I’m hoping that we can get back to what passes for normality fairly soon. We’ve been bombarded with images and commentary telling us how much more exciting these grand state occasions are than our normal humdrum life.…