Jungle Guitars

boasts a title that sounds like it belongs on an old album of the '50s, and indeed, the album revives the old trick of including bird song and other rainforest in the tunes. Aside from that, however, is a fairly standard album, with the two guitarists working together to create intricate webs of -influenced . There's a bit of Peruvian influence here and there, as on the mandolin-decorated and the handful of songs goosed along by hand percussion, and the tempos are a bit faster than on those releases that are aiming for a more relaxing feel. Other than that, this isn't much at all different than the duo's usual standard. ~ Stewart Mason