Raices

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Raices
Studio album by Jose Barroso
Released 1979
Genre Latin Folk
Label Independent
Producer(s) Jose Barroso
Jose Barroso chronology
Raices
(1979)
Songs of the Latin American People
(1986)


Raices (or Roots) (1979) is an album by Uruguyian singer/songwriter Jose Barroso. Unlike his follow up album Songs of the Latin American People (1986) (which sees Barroso at his most dynamic and experimental), Raices is, by stark contrast, a very quiet album. Relying mostly on Barroso's powerful voice and impressive acoustic guitar chops. It could be described as the Uruguayan equivalent to a Nick Drake album. However, it is by no means as emotionally wrenching as that would suggest. It is more the sound of a young songwriter learing his trade.