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Sep 25, 2024With Viva Tu, Manu Chao continues a conversation between an artist and his audience in a beautiful yet fucked-up world. Regardless of the message and the somber tone of many songs in Viva Tu, there is also hope and joy. This music is meant to be lived with.
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MojoSep 23, 2024Shows he hasn’t lost the knack for marrying accessible melodies with vivid storytelling, wry humour and subversive lyrics. [Nov 2024, p.85]
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UncutSep 23, 2024There’s the customary minor-key acoustic lilt played out at a range of tempos somewhere between rumba and reggae, served with the occasional light garnish of bleeps. Far from being a problem, that’s almost certainly the way Chao’s fans like it. [Oct 2024, p.35]
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Sep 23, 2024That effortless mixing of European folk, South American soul, Caribbean groove, cumbia, and dub makes returning to Chao’s style a joy. While it has taken seventeen years to arrive, Viva Tu is classic Manu Chao, a bit more mellow with age, maturity, and an easy-flowing sense of musical comfort.
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Sep 23, 2024The album has a little more of a singer-songwriter quality than its predecessors, with some somber moments befitting a 61-year-old artist who’s been involved in music since the Eighties punk scene. Some of the most arresting moments have a mix of reflective wisdom and hopeful resilience.