"Veteran Argentine political singer Mercedes Sosa, who helped popularize nueva cancíon, the Latin American counterpart to the '60s folksong revival in the U.S., contributes 'Un Son Para Portinari,' a paean to radical painter Cándido Portinari. Her deep, straightforward voice fearlessly declaims Nicolás Guillén's poetry. Mariana Montalvo, a Chilean singer with a honeyed voice, uses the traditional sounds of her native country in new ways on 'La Libélula (The Dragonfly),' a song with an irresistible sway. Mexican singer Lhasa's cool, otherworldly voice intertwines with sinuous cello lines on her smoky cabaret song 'De Cara à la Pared.' Comparisons to Sadé are inevitable here. By contrast, Cuban singer Celina González ('Guajira Linda') has the assertive pipes of Ethel Merman."—All Music Guide