Gabriela
Viento Rojo
Intuition

There's a scene in the movie "Gas Food and Lodging" in which a young Fairuza Balk's character immerses herself in the black and white films of Mexican screen siren Elvia Rivero; preferring the romance and nostalgia of a bygone era to the gritty fading desert town right outside the theater door. I suspect this CD would appeal to her greatly.

Viento Rojo, Argentine-born singer/songwriter Gabriela's second collaboration with guitarist Bill Frisell and producer Lee Townsend conjures up an atmosphere that is both timeless and yet hauntingly evocative of an older, more elegant time. A world of infinite horizons, seasons without end, and an ever present moon above. Moments frozen in time, in which lonely people in airless rooms are trapped, seemingly for all eternity, old women collapse to the ground and realize their time on earth is over, and the air outside hangs thick with hues of sea blue and earthen red. - Eric Iverson