Los Horóscopos de Durango - Y Seguimos Con Duranguense (CD)

All Music Guide

Duranguense, like Sinaloastyle banda, is a very maledominated area of regional Mexican music. Of course, Mexican music on the whole is not maledominatedmariachi and ranchera have given us a long list of great female vocalists. But the vast majority of duranguense bands have had allmale lineups. So when the longrunning los Horóscopos de Durango were revamped and founder Armando Terrazas' daughters Vicky and Marisoltwo sisters with a fondness for microminiskirts and cowboy bootswere placed right up front, the group really stood out. But the Vicky/Marisol lineup of los Horóscopos isn't gimmicky or contrived; in fact, they have been responsible for some of the most creative, freshsounding duranguense of the 2000sand their creative winning streak continues with Y Seguimos Con Duranguense. Los Horóscopos haven't been afraid to take chances on previous albums; their willingness to combine duranguense with Dominican bachata on their hit version of Monchy y Alexandra's "Dos Locos" in 2004 showe...d a very risktaking spirit. And the Terrazas Sisters aren't any less ambitious this time; during the course of the album, they apply the duranguense sound to everything from corridos ("La Araña" and "El Media Noche") to cumbia ("Y Yo Sigo Aqui") to the late tejano star Selena's "Si La Quieres." There is plenty of rancherainfluenced material on this album, but los Horóscopos' use of ranchera elements can vary from one song to the next; while "Anoche Estuve Llorando" favors the stereotypically melancholy ranchera ballad style, "Obsesion" manages to draw on ranchera and bachata simultaneously. But for all its diversity, Y Seguimos Con Duranguense is always a duranguense album first and foremostand it will easily go down in history as one of the most interesting duranguense releases of 2005. - Alex Henderson, All Music Guide Read more Less