ILLIE
      AND
      LOBO
     
     
      siete
     
     
      arada-EMI
     
    
   
   
    
     
      henever
      any
      world
      music
      albums
     
     
      ome
      into
      the
      office,
      I
      snap
      them
     
     
      p
      before
      anybody
      else
      can
      get
      to
     
     
      hem.
      Of
      course,
      nobody
      besides
     
     
      e
      ever
      wants
      them.
      This
      particu-
     
     
      ar
      album
      features
      the
      Latin
      and
     
     
      ypsy
      instrumentals
      by
      two
      very
     
     
      appy
      people
      named
      Willie
      and
     
     
      obo.
      The
      music
      is
      quite
      beautiful
     
     
      nnd
      is
      played
      with
      great
      skill.
      As
     
     
      rasily
      as
      it
      can
      be
      dismissed
      for
      not
     
     
      hein
      conventional
      pop
      music,
      Siete
     
     
      an
      be
      praised
      for
      its
      energy
      and
      its
     
     
      spirit.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -JIC
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      STEVE
      EARLE
     
     
      Transcendental
      Blues
     
     
      pic
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      or
      rugged
      country
      music,
      there
     
     
      re
      only
      a
      few
      artists
      that
      can
     
     
      emain
      true
      to
      the
      genre’s
      roots
     
     
      while
      breaking
      ground
      with
      new
     
     
      ounds.
      Steve
      Earle’s
      latest
      album
     
     
      ontains
      hard-driving,
      blues
      rock-
     
     
      rs,
      hillbilly-footstompers,
      and
      a
     
     
      ollicking,
      celtic
      song
      that
      has
      as
     
     
      uch
      bullocks
      as
      the
      Pogues
      circa
     
     
      hte
      eighties.
      The
      hardcore
     
     
      ubadour
      is
      in
      top
      form
      on
     
     
      ranscendental
      Blues.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -SML
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      TELEK
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Serious
      Tam
     
     
      Narada-EMI
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Here
      is
      yet
      another
      entry
      into
      the
     
     
      world
      music
      category.
      The
      music
     
     
      on
      Serious
      Tam
      comes
      from
      Papua
     
     
      New
      Guinea.
      Telek
      combines
      the
     
     
      sounds
      (musical
      and
      natural)
      of
      his
     
     
      native
      land
      with
      certain
      pop
      sensi-
     
     
      bilities
      to
      create
      a
      completely
      new
     
     
      musical
      experience.
      The
      lyrics,
     
     
      sung
      in
      several
      Papua
      New
     
     
      Guinean
      languages,
      are
      simple
      but
     
     
      flow
      easily.
     
     
      This
      is
      defi-
     
     
      nitely
      some-
     
     
      thing
      worth
     
     
      listening
      to.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      styles,
      most
      of
      which
      are
      designed
     
     
      to
      make
      you
      shake
      your
      booty.
      This
     
     
      isn’t
      great
      music,
      but
      some
      of
      the
     
     
      songs
      might
      just
      put
      you
      in
      the
     
     
      mood
      to
      shake
      your
      booty.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -JIC
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      BLACK
      47
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Trouble
      In
      The
      Land
     
     
      Shanachie
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Despite
      having
      vocals
      that
      would
     
     
      make
      Bob
      Dylan
      wince,
      Black
      47
     
     
      yy
      at
      times
      is
      an
     
     
      enjoyable
     
     
      ib
      and
     
    

    
     
      Somehow,
     
     
      f
      and
      God
      only
     
     
      knows
      how
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -JIC
      they
      do
      it,
     
    

    
     
      =
      4
      they
      mix
     
    

    
     
      Ly
      2cOennS
      |punk,
      Celtic
     
    

    
     
      AMIGOS
      folk
      music,
     
    

    
     
      INVISIBLES
      and
      ‘
      occa-
     
    

    
     
      Ao
      oe
     
     
      Luaka
      Bop
      ae
     
    

    
     
      an
      unmis-
     
    

    
     
      The
      album
      takeably
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cover
      proclaims
      Arepa
      3000
      as
      “A
     
     
      Venezuelan
      Journey
      into
      Space,”
     
     
      but
      I
      can’t
      quite
      understand
      why.
     
     
      The
      first
      track
      sounds
      like
      a
      Burt
     
     
      Bacharach
      song,
      and
      if
      you
      ask
      me,
     
     
      Burt
      Bacharach
      really
      isn’t
      the
     
     
      ideal
      model
      for
      space
      music.
     
     
      Nothing
      on
      the
      album
      is
      very
     
     
      spacey,
      unless
      you
      count
      the
      part
     
     
      where
      it
      sounds
      like
      Jabba
      the
      Hut
     
     
      is
      doing
      a
      guest
      vocal.
      There
      is
     
     
      quite
      a
      diverse
      range
      of
      musical
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Black
      47
      sound.
      This
      fusion
      is
      best
     
     
      evidenced
      in
      songs
      such
      as
      “Those
     
     
      Saints,”
      “I
      Got
      Laid
      On
      James
     
     
      Joyce’s
      Grave,”
      and
      “Bodhrans
      On
     
     
      The
      Brain.”
      The
      big
      problem
      with
     
     
      this
      New
      York
      band
      is
      that
      at
      times
     
     
      they
      get
      too
      caught
      up
      in
      being
     
     
      political...and
      the
      otherwse
      fine
     
     
      “Bobby
      Kennedy”
      is
      historically
     
     
      puzzling.
      (Jeez,
      which
      Kennedy
     
     
      are
      they
      singing
      about?
      I
      can’t
     
     
      tell.)
      If
      having
      a
      former
      member
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dexy’s
      Midnight
      Runners
      in
      the
     
     
      group
      will
      impress
      you,
      well,
      they
     
     
      do.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -ROC
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CHRISTINA
      AGUILERA
     
     
      Mi
      Reflejo
     
     
      BMG
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Finally,
      in
      the
      world
      music
      scene,
     
     
      we
      have
      young
      Christina
      Aguilera.
     
     
      This
      newcomer
      is
      bound
      to
      be
      a
     
     
      major
      success
      as
      she
      rides
      on
      the
     
     
      coat-tails
      of
      other
      great
      Latin
      musi-
     
     
      cians
      such
      as
      Ricky
      Martin,
     
     
      Jennifer
      Lopez
      and
      _
      Enrique
     
     
      Iglesias.
      Aguilera’s
      music
      tran-
     
     
      scends
      the
      conventional
      concept
      of
     
     
      Latin
      music
      and
      crosses
      over
      into
     
     
      the
      teen
      pop
      style
      of
      music
      that
      is
     
     
      all
      the
      rage
      these
      days.
      “Genio
     
     
      Atrapado”
      is
      the
      best
      song
      on
      the
     
     
      album,
      although
      it
      does
      sound
      sus-
     
     
      piciously
      like
      a
      song
      that
      was
      get-
     
     
      ting
      heavy
      airplay
      around
      this
      time
     
     
      last
      year.
      Keep
      an
      eye
      out
      for
      her
     
     
      in
      the
      coming
      months.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -JIC