Spain - The Soul of Spain albumSearch the Internet for "The Soul of Spain," withor without 'music', 'band' or album and chances are you will end up on travel sites. It takes some effort to find spaintheband.com, which just goes to show how they've failed to make a connection with a mass audience, just on names and titles alone.

Established way back in 1995, Los Angelenos Spain released The Blue Moods of Spain, worthy enough of a cover of Spiritual by Johnny Cash; one of those lauded bands I never heard of. Singer Josh Haden has revived the band for a fourth album, a slice of lovelorn Californian wallowing. Read more of this post