Friday Julieta

As the last entry for Accordion Awareness month, check "El Presente," one of the singles in Mexican pixie Julieta Venegas' new MTV Unplugged record.

I find Julieta's voice a little cloying sometimes, but she is a great musician and songwriter, and she's become a favorite for remixing that adds a little acid to cut the sweetness. For example, these remixes and this "cumbow" remix of "Eres Para Mí" (thanks Jace & Geko).

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Comments

[richard]

Julieta's definitely among the cutest (and if I may crush out...sexiest) of all accordion players...allow me to swoon a little.

BTW, I was in Kansas last weekend, and there was a guy with the coolest accordion/concertina busking on a corner. I wish I could've taken a picture of it, it was seriously cool and utterly unique. It was brautiful brown stained wood with buttons that looked entirely custom-made. And the leathery-skinned, long-haired hippy dude on the Lawrence street corner was completely shredding it.