CORDERO
Lamb Lost in the City (Daemon)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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Frontwoman Ani Cordero has one of those exquisite voices that sounds both mature and worldly but incredibly sweet and innocent at once. Alone, this would be enough to make this CD for me, but her backing band is just as worthy of recognition, providing a backdrop of Latin percussion and twangy, echoey Southwestern guitar and cool, cheesy keyboards that lend a gritty, cool urban feel to these songs, which are half sung in English and half in Spanish. I think that's what I like about these songs best, in fact - on one hand, they're very pleasant to listen to and just sound nice, with wonderful vocals and instrumentals, but on the other hand, there's this element of toughness to them that keeps them from being just nice music to listen to.

© 2002 - Holly Day