"Their music has sabor.  Madeleine is constant and fluid motion.  Her hands, her legs, her hips sway.  She doesn't shake the maracas, she jerks, snaps, rolls, twirls and spins them.  Abel is the counterweight; his 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 else. There's a huge difference between good performers and just good musicians.  Abel and Madeleine are by far the best of both.  Take my advice: skip class, skip work, skip and Fuckemos, and even skip Son Yuma if you have to.  See Correo Aéreo."
—Manuel Gonzalez
Austin Downtown Arts

"Musically, a Correo Aéreo 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 Aéreo was conjuring up musical spells...(their) magic was too strong for me.  I never had a chance."
-Raoul Hernandez
The Austin Chronicle

"Postcards can be like little maps. I'm not talking about those thoughtless "wish you were here" cards some people send. I'm talking about those carefully written missives which include the most distilled reflections of the sender.... The recipient can savor a time and place distinct from his own, through the muse of a trusted friend. Cards like this you save to read over and over again. The duo Correo Aéreo (Air Mail) brings the same response."
—Belinda Acosta
Austin American-Statesman

"This duo was the real discovery of the [SXSW] World Music Showdown!...Abel proved to be an exquisitely percussive and melodic harpist...."
—Joe Compton
Dirty Linen Magazine

"Correo Aéreo is a superb duo. They have created a truly distinctive sound that's rarely heard these days."
—Pio Pulido
Austin Arts

Madeleine Sosin and Abel Rocha are a duo who, in a short time, have built a strong Austin fan base while giving a guided musical tour of centuries-old Mexican, Venezuelan and Argentinian folk music.  While Abel supplies the rhythmic strum of the harp, cuatro, quinta huapanguera and guitar, maeleine snakes through the mix with her violin playing and maracas shaking.  Their voices, a combination of plaintive cries and romantic cooing, are the clincher to this authentic Latino music.
-Raoul Hernandez
Austin Chronicle
SXSW Picks & Sleepers

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

"The duo concocted a fascinating blend of huapangos, music from the Mexican highlands, and Pan-American folk music from Argentina, Venezuela and beyond."
—John T. Davis
Austin American-Statesman

"Top SXSW performers stand out among musical masses."
—Michael Point
Austin American-Statesman

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