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by: Lila Downs
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Released: 2006-04-04

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Title Tracks for Cantina
  • 1. La Cumbia Del Mole
  • 2. El Corrido De Tacha 'La Teibolera'
  • 3. Agua De Rosas
  • 4. Tu Recuerdo Y Yo
  • 5. La Cama De Piedra
  • 6. El Relampago
  • 7. Penas Del Alma
  • 8. La Tequilera
  • 9. Pa' Todo El Ano
  • 10. El Centenario
  • 11. La Noche De Mi Mal
  • 12. Arboles De La Barranca
  • 13. La Cumbia Del Mole (English Version)
  • 14. Yo Ya Me Voy
  • 15. Amarga Navidad
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Genre: World Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 4-APR-2006
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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
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Cantina
  • Audio CD: 0 pages (2006-04-04)
  • Publisher: Narada
  • Label: Narada
  • Studio: Narada
  • Sales Rank in Music: #100857
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4.5 out of 5 stars (23 customer reviews)
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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, July 17, 2006
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J. Marquez (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cantina (Audio CD)
I agree with the other reviewers.... this is one is also my favorite Lila Down's album...quite surprisingly. I am more taken by the proposal of other albums like Tree of Life, with their emphasis on less well known regional music from Oaxaca. Conversely....when I saw the song line-up, I thought...what a joke - these songs & styles have been done over & over again.... the last thing I need is another Ranchera & Norteno CD. But then I listened....was impressed....and bought it.

My favorites are the two cumbias she wrote (Cumbia del Mole & Agua de Rosas), the lyrics are smart, the arrangement is tight, and alive with dark, ominous harmonies.... light years away from the sappy cumbias put out by the mainstream conjuntos.

And then the Jose Alfredo songs.... well I might dare to call hers the definitive versions. I think we all understood that the magical surrealism of Juan Rulfo's body of works and Jose Alfredo's rancheras had a common influence...but at the...Read more
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars With a few tequilas more..., April 6, 2006
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This review is from: Cantina (Audio CD)
... I can give five stars.

For me, discovering the music of Lila Downs has been like discovering the Beatles, Elton John or Bob Dylan some twenty years ago. It was an awakening to a whole new world. Her first four studio albums, La Sandunga, Arbo de la Vida, La Linea and Una Sangre have proven exquisite milestones in the history of ambitious latin music; frankly: if she would have done nothing else, her place in latin- and world-music history is already cemented and secured.

Here in her new effort, she deviates from her previous approaches. She leaves the socially critical words largely at home, and also some of the unique lyrical qualities of many of her interpretations are coming short. Instead, it's party time, and she puts her dance shoes on. Always hip and with a mix of sentimental undertones in her voice, and adding some slightly psychedelically distorted e-guitars, she delivers are strange mix of carricature, easy listening and clichee; but it is the...Read more
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars From the very soul of Mexico, May 22, 2006
This review is from: Cantina (Audio CD)
Lila's new album is undoubtely one of her best.. She's ironic, sad, exhalarating, all at the same time. It reflects perfectly the way we Mexicans act and think, always moved by deep-rooted feelings. I loved this album. Y sí, como buen mexicano uno se siente identificado con este disco... con la pena, la ansiedad, la angustía, la alegía y el regocijo que son parte del alma mexicana y que nuestra oaxaqueña universal canta como ninguna. Mueve mucho por dentro. Es perfecto. Gracias Lila por este regalo a tu México y a tu gente.
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