Despite its fabled name, South America’s Río de la Plata holds many more treasures than just silver. The estuary at the meeting point of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers has long been essential for trade between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and of course, Uruguay; it has also fostered a unique Portuñol regional dialect, and syncretic musical and religious practices. One of the greatest exponents of this wetland melting pot is Agustín Pereyra Lucena. Throughout the 1960s, the influential Buenos Aires guitarist augmented his own studies in Argentine jazz and tango with down-flowing ideas from bossa nova and Tropicália; the poetry of Vinicius de Moraes; and vivacious melodies from Baden Powell. His 1970 self-titled debut is a titillating snapshot of the cultural osmosis transpiring along the river banks, transforming fluttering guitar strings into a universal language unconcerned with syntax or land borders.

1. O Astronauta
2. Tristeza De Nos Doi
3. Chuva
4. Tema Para Martin
5. Consolacao
6. Canto De Ossanha
7. Pro Forma
8. Samba Do Aviao
9. Nina No Divagues
10. Berimbau