Los Calchakis Harpe, Marimba et Guitares Latino Americaines (1987)

This 1987 album followed in the footsteps of Los Lobos' two stunning predecessors (And A Time To Dance and How Will the Wolf Survive). One of the band's many strengths is the contrast between the formidable songwriting of David Hidalgo/Louie Perez and Cesar Rosas, with the former exploring stories of sadness and hope while the latter rocks like a barn on fire. This is an album of incredibly natural songs; they roll out like long lost classics, but that's simply another testament to the prowess of this band as players and writers. In a way, this was the band's last offering before they were forced to take stock of themselves and their goals in the wake of the surprise million-selling La Bamba soundtrack. That they were able to carry themselves forward from that point with grace and aplomb is foreshadowed in the utter honesty of this and all of their music.

Given all the extracurricular projects members of Los Lobos pursued during the three years separating Colossal Head and its followup, it's not surprising that they've decided to show off what they've learned on This Time, resulting in a record that vacillates between songcraft and sonic sculptures. It could be said that Kiko and Colassal Head were like this as well, but the difference is that This Time has the structure of a straight-ahead rock & roll record, clocking in at 38 minutes with 11 short tracks. While that conciseness is welcome, it also points out the flaws in the post-Latin Playboys Los Lobos – Cesar Rosas' fine rockers are obscured by a layer of studio gauze, and David Hidalgo's songs can seem like excuses to run wild in the studio…

Etudiant tour à tour l'Europe, les Amériques, l'Asie, le Moyen-Orient et l'Afrique, l'auteur montre combien la question foncière est un facteur d'explication de l'instabilité politique et des logiques de puissance qui traversent la planète au XXe siècle et au début de XXIe siècle. …

William Blake (1757-1827) est bien connu du public comme dessinateur, graveur, peintre, aquarelliste; le succès renouvelé des expositions de la Tate Gallery l’atteste. La variété des œuvres picturales séduit chez cet artiste proche de Henry Fuseli, à mi-chemin entre le «gothique» et le fantastique selon Goya, qui a en outre illustré la Bible, Dante, Shakespeare ou Milton.
Mais Blake est aussi un poète considérable qui –fait assez exceptionnel– a lui-même illustré ses œuvres poétiques. …

Los Indios Tabajaras (The Tabajara Indians) was a guitar duo of two brothers, Antenor Lima and Natalicio (Nato) Lima, from Tianguá, Ceará in the Northeast of Brazil. The group name refers to the Tabajara, indigenous people who lived on the easternmost portion of the Atlantic coast of northeast Brazil in the period before and during Portuguese colonization, in the 16th century…