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CHOSEN BY MARIE "There are songs drawning you to emotion subtly but surely. You preserve them like treasures.
I liked the venezuelian song "Caramba mi amor" straight away. I first heard it at the very end of a bright concert somewhere in the Alps, sung by deep and sensitive male voices that happily belonged to the virtuose musicians who make up the ensemble Recoveco. Their polyphonic arrangement is supported by light guitars and nourrished by a heartbreaking counterpoint at the violin.
The poem written by Otilio Galindez is full of soft nostalgia and overwhelming tenderness :
"Caramba mi amor, Caramba, lo bueno que hubiera sido, si tanto como te quise, asi me hubieras querido".
The song deals with the theme of frustrated love without any anger or tone of reproach. "Caramba mi amor" is a bambuco, a delicate dance. But it sounds like a ballad or a lullaby. It strongly tastes after Venezuela. Sweet and sour, it dives you into waterfalls and rocky landscapes. Sing it with a smooth and incarnated voice. Here comes Soledad Bravo's beautiful performance."