Seb's Hong Kong Salsa Blog

Archive for January, 2011

Despite the position I have previously regarding DJs playing salsa covers in dance clubs, I in fact rather enjoy listening to interesting covers on occasion, and even play a few once in a while when I DJ. I have recently come across a rather interesting 2009 album of salsa covers.

Venezuelan band Caracas Soul Connection have released their first album: Canciones Del Alma (Songs of the Soul), exclusively composed of salsa covers of classics of Soul, R&B and Pop.

Among the songs covered: Killing Me Softly With His Song, Ain’t No Sunshine, Just The Two of Us, Me and Mrs Jones, You are the Sunshine of My Life… One interesting point, which helps the feeling of odd familiarity you get when listening to this album, is that most songs actually start off with vocals in English, switching to Spanish as the energy and tempo pick up.
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