August issue of Town & Country, page 65:

Warm sand, a cool twilight breeze, lobsters steaming… (((sounds better without the lobster))) and the right music to catch the afterglow of a perfect summer’s day. The following CDs will distill the moment; just download (((pay for it first, please))), shuffle, play. Repeat.

Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra, Up Close and Scent of Light. Liebert galvanized world-music fans with his double-platinum album, Nouveau Flamenco. Weaving together Euro-Spanish and jazz influences and not a little Zen (Liebert’s father is Chinese-German; his mother Hungarian), both CDs show off the guitarist’s mesmerizing classical skills in winding meditations. Single: “Firelight” (Scent of Light).