Q (9/00, p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A spare, jazz-tinged mix of bossa nova and pop....[She] sings with cool, sensual focus, her voice accompanied by multi-rhythmic percussion or acoustic guitar....Recommended."
JazzTimes (12/97, p.140) - "...a gifted vocalist whose music leaps over continental and historical divides....sophisticated and primal all at once, Baca's debut shines with a raw light."
Vibe (2/98, p.124) - "...Afro-Peruvian singer Susana Baca shines....Baca is blessed with a honeyed contralto as wise and loving as a mother's counsel yet as intimate as a deep, soulful kiss..."
Personnel: Susana Baca (vocals); Rafael Munoz, Felix Casaverde (vocals, guitar); Gaby Aviles (vocals); Steve Husler (violin); David Pinto (bass); Manongo Mujica (drums); Ramon Juan Medrano Cotito (cajon, quijada, cajita, guapeo); Hugo Bravo (bongos, congas, clay pot); Ramon Rodriquez (zampona); Julio Cesar Zavala (background vocals).
Recorded at Amigos, Lima, Peru in June 1996.