Avant folk songwriter
Josephine Foster took a brief detour from her own ghostly compositions when she recorded a few albums with the
Victor Herrero Band. Anda Jaleo, the first of these albums, was recorded mostly live in the studio and features
Foster singing songs from poet Federico Garcia Lorca's 1931 collection of mysteriously beautiful flamenco tunes Las Canciones Populares Espanolas. The 11 songs here brim over with spirit and romance, while
Foster's wandering, wavering voice offering up Spanish-sung lyrics over a host of lively foot stomping, handclapping rhythms, castanets, and traditional flamenco instrumentation. ~ Fred Thomas