UN BUEN RESUMEN DE CANDOMBE
06/30/1998
(4 out of 5 stars)
"UNA DE LAS DEMOSTRACIONES MUSICALES MAS TIPICAS DEL URUGUAY, ES EL CANDOMBE. ESTE CD, INCLUYE VARIOS DE LOS ARTISTAS MAS SIGNIFICATIVOS DE ESTE PAIS. SI BIEN FALTAN ALGUNOS ENTRE LOS 3 VOLUMENES SE PUEDE TENER UN RESUMEN BASTANTE COMPLETO DE MUSICA TIPICA URUGUAYA"
"URUGUAY EN UNO DE SUS MEJORES EJEMPLOS MUSICALES"
03/05/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"THIS CD, AND OTHER TWO VOLS. ARE NOT A VERY COMPLETE URUGUAYAN MUSIC SAMPLE. HOWEVER, TO ANYONE THAT DON'T KNOW OUR MUSIC, ARE A GOOD DEMOSTRATION OF THE EARLY TIMES OF THE BEST TRADITIONAL MUSIC. PERHAPS, MOSTLY A LOT OF PEOPLE (URUGUAYAN AND FOREIGNERS)DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CANDOMBE IS NOT THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF URUGUAY. IT'S WRONG. FOR EXAMPLE THE "MURGA" (CARNIVAL URUGUAYAN MUSIC STYLE, AS THE SAMBA IN BRAZIL) ALSO NOT IS FROM URUGUAY. THE MURGA SOUND COME FROM MURCIA, MALAGA AND ANOTHER SPANISH REGIONS. URUGUAY IS AN INMIGRANT SOCIETY, AND WE HAD BEEN RECEIVED A LOT OF ITALIAN, SPANISH AND EUROPEAN MUSIC INFLUENCES. THE MORE BEST URUGUAYAN MUSIC SAMPLES COME FROM PEOPLE AS: JAIME ROOS, ABUELA COCA, NIQUEL, ETC. THE MURGA IS SOME POPULAR, BUT IS A VERY POOR MUSIC STYLE IN A TECHNIC POINT OF VIEW."