Music Picks for 2011

April Peavey’s list

Various Artists — Chicas! Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974
La Vida Boheme — Nuestra
Kate Bush — 50 Words for Snow
Vinicius Cantuaria & Bill Frisell — Lagrimas Mexicanas
Dengue Fever — Cannibal Courtship

Marco Werman’s list

Sola Rosa — Get It Together
Beirut — The Rip Tide
Just a Band — 82
Frente Cumbiero — Frente Cumbiero Meets Mad Professor
Michael Kiwanuka — EP Sampler
Various Artists — Red Hot + Rio 2

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