By the Zonagirante.com team @spinning zone

Yes, the truth is that Today we were defeated by a lack of imagination, by holiday laziness, The silence in the streets, due to the abandonment by most of the inhabitants, who went to tan their skin in the leisure spots outside the capital, And because (this is a confession from the editor) there's a review of a pop album that's really good, but he's not quite up to writing the review without feeling embarrassed. Likewise, we've been saving, since the first day of 2024, reinterpretations of classic songs (from yesterday, today, and forever, as they used to say on TV a few years ago) done by musicians from this side of the world. More specifically from Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico.

With this article, we hope to add to your brain almost half an hour of recordings that are versions of old compositions, the result of which, we can say with confidence, satisfies us and we are pleased to share it with you. The tunes were originally made and recorded by Anglo-Saxon bands (The La's, Velvet Underground), heroes of Argentine rock (Las Pelotas, Charly García, Pappo), references of the Iberian ballad (Jeanette, Rocío Durcal), a star of the American stage in the first half of the twentieth century (Meredith Willson) and an insufferable simpleton from across the pond (Enrique IglesiasHere are folk, rock, pop, electro-experimentation, indie textures, and a whole host of other interesting sound labels that we use these days to pass ourselves off as experts on the subject and that try to describe what can be heard in this compilation.

While others prepare their backs for heavy workloads or go into debt on vacation (almost the same thing, with a little more or less bloodshed in the process), we dedicate ourselves to spreading the word, as always., The good music from this side of the world and, incidentally, have a laugh together.

Here's the list: