I was sorely disappointed when I got this CD home and played it. Art is supposed to be from Peru and these are all American songs!!! I thought it would be great to have a CD of a real Peruvian singer doing Andean material. No such luck! No pan pipes. No armadillos with mandolin strings tacked on their bellies. None of that ethereal South American Celtic stuff. Well, I guess, if Paul Simon can do Peruvian stuff, it's ok for Art to sing American songs (Actually, he fakes the accent very well!) but I think Waterbug should let people know this before they part with their money!Seriously, this is as fine a compilation of American songs as I have ever heard. The selection is so good that I intend copping a few of the songs to sing myself. Art has great phrasing. I will forever after think of him as the "Frank Sinatra of Peruvian singers of American folk songs." Nice going, Art! Great music! A sheer delight!
All the best,
Dan Milner