Description
Recorded at Chez Frank Studio, Montreal, Canada.
Who is this woman, Lhasa de Sela? This wonderful set has no liner notes re: her past, but, since the music's what matters ,let's go with that. She writes & sings--with delicacy, passion and insolence--in Spanish. The music absorbs a truly dizzying range of styles & influences: tango, klezmer, flamenco, film music, Gypsy/Rom, Tex-Mex, ECM Records-style soundscapes and Tom Waits. Waits seems to be a big influence: check out the fractured tango/waltz "De Cara A La Pared." Mournful clarinets wail, percussion sounds like thunder in the distance and Lhasa's voice--versatile, tartly seductive in a bittersweet way--draws you in. The adventurous, especially those who are into world-music fusion, should get this.
Product Details
- Artist
- Lhasa
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Label / Studio
- WEA2
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Number of Discs
- 1
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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De Cara a la Pared :: Face to the Wall
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La Celestina :: Celestina
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El Desierto :: The Desert
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Por Eso Me Quedo :: That's Why I'm Staying
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El Payande :: The Payande
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Los Peces :: The Fish
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Floricanto
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Desdenosa :: Disdainful
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El Pajaro :: The Bird
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MI Vanidad :: My Vanity
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El Arbol del Olivido :: The Tree of Forgetfulness
