Adios America

In 2013, the great five-disc Stranglers box set The Old Testament: The U.A. Studio Recordings (1977-1982) from 1992 was reissued, featuring most of the group's best albums plus a bunch of drool-worthy bonuses (demos, B-sides, remixes, and other whatnot). This bulky 11-disc set was released just one year after – the excuse being that the band's 40th anniversary must be honored – but the differences are vast, with this one serving a purpose for the hardcore while Old Testament is the clear winner for the more casual listener…

Album released in Spain compilation of 10 greatest hits of the Argentine folkloric group 'Los Chalchaleros' (Salta, 1948-2002), one of the most important its style outside and inside their country. The four founders were Juan Carlos Saravia, Aldo Saravia ('Chivo'), Carlos Franco Sosa ('Pelusa') and Victor Zambrano ('Cocho'). Los Chalchaleros were changing its members over the years, both because of the unfortunate demise of some and the withdrawal of others. In total the group went up to 10 members. TLos Chalchaleros have brilliantly walked worldwide best folk music of Argentina, in which especially the zamba, with chacarera, milonga, chamamé, valsesito, cueca, gato, etc.. always had a particular and shiny interpretation, only ended in 2002 after a career of more than half a century, during which they released more than fifty albums not counting compilations and anthologies.

‘I play with violence,’ Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) told one interviewer. ‘My bandoneon must sing and scream – I can’t conceive of pastel tones in tango.’ With an unrivalled discography of minimalist classics to his credit, from Satie to Glass to Yann Tiersen, Jeroen van Veen is ideally placed to return the raw passion and punchy rhythms that belong to the music of Piazzolla in any context.

The Nashville String Band is the 1969 debut album by The Nashville String Band. The band consisted of Chet Atkins and Homer and Jethro. Atkins produced many of Homer and Jethro's later RCA albums and they in turn performed on a number of his.

Album of a group that is a legend in South America, the 'Cuarteto Imperial'. Originally from Colombia in the 60s, the members of the initial training, led by the pianist and accordionist Heli Toro, separated in 1970, but the group continued with a success that lasted about two decades. This album is a especially successful blend of Colombian folk music (cumbia, vallenato and merengue) in medley non stop ('continuado') format. It got the final consecration of the group.