Mi CorazГіn Me Recuerda [my Heart Reminds Me]
(4:37)
179
2
El Feo [the Ugly One]
(3:30)
277
3
Sale Sobrando [good For Nothin']
(3:47)
248
4
Corazoncito Tirano [little Tyrant Rat]
(4:03)
137
5
La NiГa [the Girl Can't Help It]
(3:11)
128
6
Hanal Weech [eat, Armadillo]
(3:04)
202
7
Medley: Pastures Of Plenty/this Land Is Your Land/land
(6:00)
140
8
La Linea [the Line]
(5:04)
122
9
El Bracero Fracasado [the Failed Bracero]
(2:37)
118
10
TrГnsito [transit First Step Mix]
(3:53)
114
11
Smoke [acteal]
(4:56)
150
12
La Martiniana
(5:52)
144
13
Soy Pescador [i Am A Fisherman]
(4:02)
121
14
La Liorona
(5:32)
157
15
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps [*]
(4:45)
198
About this album
Singer-songwriter Lila Downs uses these 15 compositions (both originals and covers) to explore the joys and sorrows experienced by Mexican immigrants who cross the border for a better life only to experience exploitation and racism in this country. A child of a Mixtec Indian mother and Anglo-American father, the talented Downs brings in a fresh perspective from two cultural worlds. She imbues the Mexican cumbia style--which is itself a variation on a Colombian form of dance music integrating Latin, Native American, and African styles--with blues, jazz, and even a little...read moreSinger-songwriter Lila Downs uses these 15 compositions (both originals and covers) to explore the joys and sorrows experienced by Mexican immigrants who cross the border for a better life only to experience exploitation and racism in this country. A child of a Mixtec Indian mother and Anglo-American father, the talented Downs brings in a fresh perspective from two cultural worlds. She imbues the Mexican cumbia style--which is itself a variation on a Colombian form of dance music integrating Latin, Native American, and African styles--with blues, jazz, and even a little hip-hop as pre-Colombian and Mexican percussion nestles comfortably with strings and electric guitar, piano, and bass. Lila Downs is a wide-ranging singer who passionately expresses her melancholic subject matter without lapsing into melodrama, and with this album she crosses musical borders of her own.read less
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