Superficial Music Project: Mercedes Sosa #2

Posted: October 26th, 2009 | Author: Brian | Filed under: Chicago, Folk, Los Angeles, Superficial Music Project, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

We Can Tell How Good A Band Is Without Listening to Them!

Probably not.  But we’re going to try.  Last Friday we blindly chose a band off of Last.FM’s “Hype List”.  We will now judge (from 1 to 10) how good a band is based soley on their name and photo.  Tomorrow, we’ll actually listen to their music to see how wrong/right we were.

(Joining us is L.A.-via-Milwaukee’s Adam Lovinus )

The Band We Are Blindly Judging Today:

Mercedes Sosa

Alright, now we will look at a few pictures of the band….


(after seeing photos) Brian: Wow.  I’m humbled.  Not only is M.S. not a band, but an older lady who, apparently has been around forever based on the photos I looked at.  It also appears she is playing one of those stand-up tambourine/drums.  She may actually be an authentic latina folk singer!  Good for her.  My rating bumps up one to 8, because I respect my elders… and Spanish. Rating: 8 (7+1).

(after seeing photos) Lille: Well, she’s an old lady. And she could be mind-blowing like Manu Chao, or she could be boring, like most ethnic folk music that plays in my grandma’s Lincoln. Or, she could ACTUALLY be my grandma. Rating: ? (?+ possible genetic relationship).

(after seeing photos) Adam: Good heavens! She looks like Antony Hegarty. The uglier an artist is, the more authentic he/she/it seems to me. Typically. So this suggests she’s authentic-core <enter strain of Latin music here>. Good for plus-two. Rating: 7 (5+2).

On Wednesday, we will actually listen to her music, and update our opinions of mystery artist, Mercedes Sosa.