Call it physics or just simple mutual attraction, whatever force brought Pancho & Sal together created a compelling and gentle sound.
On their second independent release, 'Cuando Salga La Luna ...' or '(When The Moon Comes Up) ...', the duo captures the instinctive chemistry which has endeared them to their live audiences. It is essentially a live recording, using overdubs to merely flesh out the arrangements rather than to build the musical foundation.
The result is an almost fragile, innocent beauty reflected in 12 Latin American and Mediterranean-influenced songs. It suits the material too. These are simple songs expressing simple emotions of love and joy.
Check out the Spanish sung and English spoken-word translation call and response of the title track or my personal favorite featuring a little TexMex electric guitar added to the traditional acoustic and charango on'The Answer To Your Letter', and see what happens when you hit play, the next time "When the moon comes up".
Cal Koat
96.1 FM, The World & AMn 1470, CJVB
Fairchild Radio, Vancouver
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"In Harmony Music Festival" Ocean Park, Canada...
...In the field of Latin Music, Pancho and Sal...their fluid poetry came from the heart and their songs ranged from mild to spicy numbers that would have been ideal to dance in the sunshine outside.
The Peace Arch News - White Rock -
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"Trout Forest Music Festival 2001" Ear Falls - Ontario...
Romaniuk's other highlight was Saturday night's all-star Latin workshop featuring Pancho and Sal taking an enthusiastic dancing crowd through a musical tour of the South and Latin Americas featuring Tim Butler and Wendell Fergunson on dueling lead guitars, Wayne Posnick on bass, Henry Zacharias on percussion, Matthew Moskalyk on drums, Terry Stone on sax and a surprise visit by Winnipegger Richard Moody on Viola.
Without any rehearsal (though the artists practiced the tunes from a CD Pancho & Sal send to them) a cross-section of festival performers gelled and blew the crowd away..
The Miner & News - Ontario
There was a beautifull aura coming from Pancho and Sal, that groove, the happiness, those major chords. The band just got together to play the music but they had the electricity... enthused children's entertainer Jake Chenier
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