"Un Tren," John H. Clarke Trio (2011)

I'm not even sure this is for real. Maybe AI? Exquisite musicianship. It's almost too perfect; too much rhythm and melody, too much musicality. Acoustic Spanish guitar player and some snappy slap rhythms as irresistible magnetic force.  John H. Clarke. On Bandcamp. Will not swear by anything else they've done but this is a diamond; witty, wistful, playful, sad but irrepressibly cheerful and winning. And, full disclosure, way back when I liked a lot a Gipsy Kings album. Strummy melodic guitar and catchy tempos; Voila!   

Here they are in jug band mode, if they only had a jug. Fellow music travelers with South African Township Jive. Reggae Music. Violent Femmes. Magnetic Fields. Besides, I think I like all train songs.