{"id":911,"date":"2017-12-29T16:09:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T16:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salsalust.com\/blogs\/cuban_music_che\/?p=911"},"modified":"2019-01-30T20:57:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T20:57:39","slug":"29-12-17-new-los-van-van-album-legado-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salsayo.com\/blogs\/cuban_music_che\/?p=911","title":{"rendered":"29.12.17 : New Los Van Van Album – “Legado” review !"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good day and happy new year to all blog followers, readers listeners…
\n\u00a1y todos los amantes de la musica Cubana!<\/span>
\nFor today something nice was planned, but then the world received a new years’ gift of sorts, just before 2017 ends and 2018 arrives… a new album by Los Van Van<\/a> named Legado!<\/span><\/p>\n

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I do not now any “bad” Los Van Van albums… but is this album truly the gift we have all been waiting for?
\nMaybe, yes and no.
\nWhile the musicians are definitely talented, the execution brilliant, some songs are truly wonderful, and the homage to papa Formell<\/a> is beautiful, I have some mixed feelings about this album… at certain points I feel as though the current team has somewhat entered to deep into a certain groove they have established… some of the songs, while not being bad by any means are just… too standard… sound too much like each other or like some other songs of their from recent years.
\nAlso, it seems as though “all is well” but… nothing is really happening… nothing distinctive, unusual, clever, interesting… sort of a flat line.<\/p>\n

So here is my review of the album, song by song.
\nDo remember that this is my opinion on the matter, and all are free to disagree \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

So, without further ado…<\/p>\n

01 – LEGADO OPENING
\nAs it usually goes, the opening song introduces the listener to the style of the album, and often is more of a descarga type composition, with some improvisation.
\nThis is such a song, but as mentioned before, this is one of the “distinct in nothing” songs, that are kind of nice, but don’t stand out in any specific way.<\/p>\n