24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Latinamerican folklore at its best!, Nov 23 2004
By Nohra Jacobsen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cantos De Agua Dulce (Audio CD)
You are going to love this CD! There is so much passion in Marta's work that it truly gets passed on to you. I recommend also her previous work "Solo es Vivir". She is a very talented young woman and I am sure she will be very successful. Also, if you live near New York or Boston, check to see when she will be performing, it is really is worth seeing her and her group playing live.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Marta Maravilllosa!, April 24 2005
By E. Achugbue - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cantos De Agua Dulce (Audio CD)
Marta Gomez is an amazing artist. Her voice is haunting, yet uplifiting, her songs illuminating and revealing. You feel yourself moving, not just your feet pulsing, but your heart, too. Her music is nostalgic, poetic, political, and sometimes just the pure love she must have filling her soul and freeing itself in the words of her songs. Please purchase this CD, and look for the others on her website! Spread the word and support this rare spirit, and those that work with her, in their musical endeavors.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inventive lyrics and charming person, Mar 24 2005
By E. Safak - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Cantos De Agua Dulce (Audio CD)
I had the pleasure of attending a concert of hers last night. I do not speak Spanish, so I was rather grateful that she explained the genesis of each song before perfoming it. If she were in the business of writing generic love songs, one could be spared the lecture, but no--this is a person who can find something to say about the age of six (not merely five or seven), a flower's life, and other generally uplifting themes. I speculate that had Kate Bush been born in a warmer climate, she might have written songs like this!
After the concert I bought this CD, had it signed by the whole band, then listened to it when I got home. The quality of the recording satisfied me, though I only listened to it on a laptop. The cover proudly claims that the latest 24 bit-96KHz recording technology was used, if it is of any consolation. The only thing I missed was her charming theatrics.