Radio Flor by Cascada de Flores

Cascada de Flores: Radio Flor (Ita Music) : The booming, cross-continental signals of the old Mexican radio stations have been celebrated by ZZ Top and Wall of Voodoo, but never with the loving nostalgia of California’s Cascada de Flores. On Radio Flor, this versatile ensemble evokes the Mexican radio shows from the 1930s and ’40s in late-night jazz, lively mariachi and the rhythmic melancholy of Cuban orchestras. The music’s immediacy and warmth is enhanced by how it was recorded—in a two-day studio session with live microphones and no Pro Tools.

By David Luhrssen, Express Milwaukee

Tracklist

1.	Sintonia	0:44

2.	La Chuparrosa	6:37

3.	La Calandria	3:30

4.	Claveles	5:36

5.	La Hora Azul	0:26

6.	La Gloria eres tu	5:07

7.	With a Song in my Heart	7:23

8.	Jardinero de Amor	5:15

9.	Estrella Solitaria	6:19

10.	Sintonia El Dandy (clip)	0:21

11.	Maria Cristina	5:37

12.	Marla	6:06

13.	Collar de Perlas	4:20

14.	El Butaquito	4:48

15.	Sintonia Salsas del Brujo	0:13

16.	El Cacahuatero	4:52

17.	Como Fue	4:43

18.	Campanitas	0:17

Credits

released December 13, 2013

Produced by Steve Savage & Cascada de Flores
Engineered and Mastered by Steve Savage
Recorded live at Studios Trilogy
Additional recording by Harry Tate (Connecticut), Jim Connelly (Loud Dog Studios, Santa Barbara, CA)
Don Arbor's Studio (Berkeley, CA).
Radio bits from live footage of Radio Flor 2012 (Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley and Santa Cruz Fringe Festival)
Design by Lisa Berman Design
Photos by Rosey Lakos, Dennis Hearne & Lisa Berman
www.cascadadeflores.com
c 2013 Cascada de Flores p 2013 Ita Music

Arwen Lawrence: voice, rhythm guitars & dance
Jorge Liceaga: voice, lead guitars
Saúl Sierra-Alonso: double bass, leoncita & chorus
Marco Díaz: trumpet, piano & chorus
Brian Rice: percussion & chorus

Guest Artist
Sabra Weber: voice (Marla, Como Fue, radio bits) & flute
Cindy Holberg: voice (Marla, Como Fue)
Miguel Govea: maracas

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