Country
August, 1999
Because everything is a hybrid these days, I can't make any revolutionary claims for the cowboy rumba on Cowboy Rumba (Palm Pictures) by Ned Sublette. But he's highly entertaining and original. A native of Lubbock, Texas, Sublette thinks the point of music is joy, as did fellow Lubbock native Buddy Holly. Sublette also has a promiscuous love of many musical forms, confining himself here to a variety of Caribbean (especially Cuban) and South American rhythms. He tells stories about drinking and c...
