Sergent Garcia

If anyone's going to revive rock's sagging fortunes, it's Paris' Sergent Garcia. He folds Salsa, reggae, rap, Ska, and Afro-Cuban jazz (among other things) into a driven, rock-influenced format. The result is energetic, danceable, multilingual and just plain fun -- without being simple-minded or simply derivative.

Frantic salsa con reggae from, er, Paris--auténtico no, convincente yes ("Jumpi," "Si yo llego, yo llego"). (Grade - *)