What I heard....3/14/09

Louis Armstrong Let's Do It...The Verve Years was on tap today, as well as a great CD that I bought in Venezuela from a group called Armonias de Venezuela. There's a story: while in Caracas recruiting, a group of us--20 university reps--had a looong day of school visits, college fairs, etc. We had been invited to return to one of the schools that night for a concert performance. All of us were beat, but it would have been bad form for us to ditch. It was one of those "things happen for a reason" moments. This group of doctors who play a huge variety of acoustic stringed instruments on the side just blew me away with their peppy, traditional, beautiful music! I know that some of my compadres could've done without--not quite the international music fans that I am. Actually, I think Mary puked when we got back to the hotel, so I suspect it REALLY wasn't one of her favorite nights. But I listen to this music FREQUENTLY and will hold that night as a very big one in my travels to South America.