Lila Downs, La Cantina - 1h 14m

Tracks & Durations

1. La Cumbia del Mole	4:09
2. El corrido de Tacha "La Teibolera"	3:43
3. Agua de Rosas	4:22
4. Tu Recuerdo y Yo	3:17
5. La Cama de Piedra	3:59
6. El Relampago	3:07
7. Penas del Alma	3:28
8. La Tequilera	2:45
9. Pa'Todo el Año	3:21
10. El Centenario	3:03
11. La Noche de mi Mal	2:43
12. Arboles de la Barranca	2:52
13. La Cumbia del Mole (English version)	4:09
14. Yo ya Me Voy	2:45
15. Amarga Navidad	6:50
16. DataTrack 16	19:17

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Review

As a follow-up to her 2005 Latin Grammy win, Mexican-American diva Lila Downs has chosen to release a loving tribute to canciones rancheras, the heartfelt ballads ubiquitous in cantinas throughout Mexico. With their merry accordion riffs and perky snare-led rhythms, the tunes can be reminiscent of Cajun music or Colombian cumbias, but even the cheeriest numbers harbor fate-haunted undertones. The singer's darkly sweet, resonant voice interprets each the fifteen tracks to a fare-thee-well. Her fiery South-of-the-border exhibitionism and touches of dry humor are mirrored by assorted comedic whiz-bang sounds that surface amid the mostly acoustic mix. Third generation accordionist Flaco Jimenez, the doyen of Tex-Mex conjunto (a working class style descended from an older but still extant groove known as norteño,) weaves in and out among bass, harps, mariachi-like fiddles and assorted guitars. Peppered with antique-sounding bytes, dramatic spoken poems and even an in-your-face rap (during "Tu Recuerdo Y Yo", track four), the album plays like a slightly surreal movie that is no less affecting for being nearly untranslatable. --Christina Roden

Other Versions

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La Cantina

Tracks: 15 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 52m 9s (-22m 9s)

La Cantina

Tracks: 15 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 52m 8s (-22m 8s)

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