Buena Suerte, Senorita

Foot-stomping rhythms and lyrics make up this return-to-authentic-conjunto album by Flaco Jimenez, perhaps the genre’s best-known ambassador.
The party song ½Borracho No. 1½ kicks off the proceedings, and it is immediately evident that this is music from the heart of San Antonio’s West Side, where there isn’t a synthesizer in sight for miles.
Everything here is genuine, from the accordion and bajo sexto tandem to the blues-tinged lyrics of surviving tough times.
Other great cuts include the swinging ½Mala Movida,½ on which Jimenez amazes with his quivering accordion leads, and the instrumentals ½Tico Taco Polka½ and ½Swiss Polka,½ on which Jimenez gets full workouts.
Also invigorating is the blood-rushing ranchera ½Contigo Nomas,½ a tale of love practiced as devotion driven along by whip-sharp percussion.

(Ramiro Burr - amazon.com)