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Title: Histrionics and a "hard" throat
Review: I know Jose Cura is an exciting performer -- he has that ineffable and charismatic "star" quality on stage -- I've seen it and "I believe". But, his vocalizing here suffers from phony (and ubiquitous) vocal sobs, kind of a latter-day Gigli. In addition, his throaty sound wears. It sounds as though he must push a lot of air through to get his vocal apparatus to vibrate appropriately. The result is a hard flat sound lacking surrounding harmonics that provide light and air and frankly, interest. Intonation is too often suspect.A little less "acting" and more from-the-heart singing would be welcome.
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