Correo Aereo

"Los Lobos' David Hidalgo has often stated that to play harp extremely well you most often cannot play other instruments. Abel Rocha calls that wisdom into question since his considerable skill on the harp is matched by his flying fingers on quinta huapanguera, guitar and cuatro. His high, affecting vocal attack often soars above Madeleine's lower register, singing in a startling and affecting reversal of traditional male female harmony...the musical skill of this couple complements the impressive reach of their pan-hispanic musical repetoire and marks Correo Aereo as one of the most exciting acoustic ensembles to appear in many years." - Dirty Linen Magazine

"Their music has sabor. Madeleine is constant and fluid motion. Her hands, legs, her hips sway. She doesn't shake the maracas, she jerks, snaps, rolls, twirls and spins them. Abel is the counterweight; is relaxed, confident style of playing holds the stage together and makes the music solid. A better pair of performers I've not seen in Austin...or anywhere eles. There's a huge difference between good performers and just good musicians. Abel and Madeleine are by far the best of bot. Take my advice: skip class, skip work, skip Fuckemos, and even skip Son Yuma if you have to. See Correo Aereo." - Austin Chronicle

"Musically, a Correo Aereo performance is like stepping through a doorway into another time and place... Together, their vocal harmonies are locked in carnal embrace, though it's Abel's plaintive cry, sung with an expression that mixes pleasure and pain, that's positively bewitching. As the couple trades longing glances, their sensual yet buoyant music dances gaily about a gently percussive beat and uplifting melodies. It's hard not to lose yourself completely in the quiet passion of this subtly dramatic music...Correo Aereo was conjuring up musical spells...(their) magic was too strong for me. I never had a chance. - Austin Chronicle

"I loved the Provinces recording. I had it in my car and when I played it, I was blown away by it; it was really good. I liked (their) arrangements and the way they know what to leave out and what are the bare essentials to make the song, in whatever style they are playing, work. Abel, who plays the harp and the huapanguera as well as sings, is amazing." - David Hidalgo / Los Lobos

"In a musical world filled to bursting with bands purveying a so-called international sound, the duo Correo Aereo still manages to stand out." - Santa Fe New Mexican

"Remarkable fact is that Abel's compositions 'Cuatrapeado' and the very moving 'De Mis Memorias' blend so well with the traditionals...Traditional and contemporary at the same time, but most of all beautiful, very beautiful." - RootsTown Belgium

If you're in the mood for something saucy, sexy and a little exotic Friday and Saturday, jump over to Traditions for some traditional Latin music with Correo Aereo. The duo of Abel Rocha and Madeleine Sosin perform the music of Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina and Peru that is sure to get your juices flowing.
Rocha grew up in Mexico City listening to the majority of the music he now emulates. A master guitarist, he has the ability to fly up and down the fret board with the ease of tying a shoe. Sosin was a violin prodigy by age 9. Her mastery of the bow tempers the fast and furious fingers of her counterpart, but she is also a wicked soloist in her own right. As a unit, they create indigenous music with intoxicating rhythms that is pure and organic." - Volcano Weekly

"I won't even try to catalog the styles and instruments that Abel Rocha and Madeleine Sosin bring to the stage - does it mean anything to you that Rocha's a master of the huapanguera? - but these South by Southwest darlings have a pan-ethnic, global gypsy sound that's stirring, passionate, and bittersweet. Trading off an assortment of stringed and percussive tools, they create world music with true heart and intelligence." - Seattle Weekly