In review--Showing the Way
World Vasco Hernández Luz De Otro Manera Arc Music From a healing and psycho-acoustic perspective I know that flamenco isn’t the most uplifting music in the world. However, the music has cathartic potential in the way that blues, or even rock music has and I recommend flamenco music for working through stronger emotions (play this music for your angst-ridden teen). Besides, the intricate guitar with its thick strums, husky vocals, and complex rhythms entrances us. Some people find flamenco music romantic as it exudes the passionate life of people who live on the fringes of society. As we get trapped in our everyday 9 to 5 worlds, wild abandonment possesses an appeal. Self-taught flamenco guitarist Vasco Hernández brings that romantic and primal world to us on his recording, Luz De Otro Manera (Another Kind of Light). Hearty music burst forth from this CD. And we hear an atmosphere of palmas (hand claps), global percussion, soaring vocals and Herná