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Frida
(2002)
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Elliot Goldenthal
There is always a question, when a composer works on a project set in a culture of which he or she is not actually a part, a project intended for an audience that goes beyond that culture, how closely the composer should hew to the music of the culture itself. Broadway composers, for example, often have employed musical motifs and an instrument or ...
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Border (La Linea)
(2001)
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Lila Downs
Lila Downs' second release for Narada World reflects her continuing fascination with Mexican-American border culture. Considering her own mixed heritage (she is the child of a Mixtec Indian and an American), Downs has a special interest here, and it shows in the emotional, directed singing of Border (La Linea). On the first few tracks, Downs' ...
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Fuego Nuevo
(2007)
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Trono de Mexico
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La Cantina
(2006)
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Lila Downs
Mexican-American singer Lila Downs, who grew up shuttling between homes in Minnesota and Mexico, caught the attention of the general public with her performance in the film Frida. Those who turn to this album for more of what they heard there won't be disappointed, but they may be a little bit startled by the rhythm loops and subtle electronic ...
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Putumayo Presents: Mexico
(2001)
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Various Artists
Putumayo planned the release of Putumayo Presents: Mexico to be in time for the first Cinco de Mayo celebration of the 21st Century. The sampling is suitably festive from this rich land of song. A true melting pot of indigenous and imported sounds, Putumayo Presents: Mexico distills German polkas, the seducing balladry of the Cuban bolero, and ...
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Llegaron los Camperos: Concert Favorites of Nati Cano
(2005)
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Nati Cano's Mariachi los Camperos
Nati Cano is a giant in mariachi music, having led one of its finest ensembles since 1961 (Nati Cano's Mariachi los Camperos). He is often credited with bringing mariachi music to the forefront rather than simply acting as a backup band for singers. Llegaron los Camperos: Concert Favorites of Nati Cano is just what the title advertises: many of ...
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Soneros Jarochos
(2006)
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Grupo Mono Blanco
While Grupo Mono Blanco's Soneros Jarochos will strike most listeners as traditional Mexican music recorded during an earlier era, it was in fact recorded in 1989-1990. Grupo Mono Blanco was formed in the late '70s by Gilberto Gutierrez Silva with the express purpose of reviving an older style of traditional music (known as "son Jarocho") that had ...
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La Bamba: Sones Jarochos From Veracruz
(2003)
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Jose Gutierrez & Los Hermanos Ochoa
The title track from Smithsonian Folkways' La Bamba: Sones Jarochos From Veracruz is the instantly recognizable Mexican folk song (originally from the early 1800s) made popular in the '50s by Ritchie Valens, but here it is transported back to its roots as a son jarocho (a type of lively rural folk song from Veracruz). Chiming harp melodies rolling ...
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Fiestas of Chiapas & Oaxaca
(1976)
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Various Artists
This is an excellent selection, ranging from church music to brass band, small string ensemble, solo singer, and guitar. David Lewiston must be highly commended for this brilliant recording, now available on CD. ~ David L. Mayers, All Music Guide
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Frenesi
(1992)
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Linda Ronstadt
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Recargado
(2005)
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Banda Pequeños Musical
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Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas
(2004)
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Linda Ronstadt
Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas is a collection culled from Linda Ronstadt's three Spanish-language recordings: Canciones de Mi Padre (1988), Mas Canciones (1990), and Frenesi (1992). In addition, it features the self-penned cut "Mi Ranchito" from the 1976 album Hasten Down the Wind. While the compilation contains no new tracks, its issue ...
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Canto
(2001)
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Los Super Seven
Canto, the second album from the all-star Los Super Seven, begins with a mellow, Habanera-influenced groove and the suave vocal incantations of Raul Malo. It's a luring introduction to a CD that offers up one superb song after another. The follow-up to their Grammy award-winning 1998 self-titled debut, Los Super Seven's Canto projects the ...
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El Cancionero: Mas y Mas
(2000)
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Los Lobos
A multi-disc, authoritative box set usually arrives toward the end of an artist's career, which is what made the appearance of Los Lobos' four-disc retrospective El Cancionero: Mas y Mas in 2000 a little surprising. They weren't selling as many records, nor were they quite as hip as they were ten years earlier, yet they retained a devoted cult and ...
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Folk Songs and Ballads from Mexico
(2005)
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Trio Azteca
Folk Songs and Ballads from Mexico is a collection of Latin American pieces from one of London's better Mexican cultural groups. The bulk of the performances is indeed Mexican, though there are a couple of pieces clearly in the Cuban vein, or even in a Central American tone. With such a mix, the album title may be a bit misleading, but nonetheless ...
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Worksongs
(2003)
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Quetzal
If Martha Gonzales -- one of Quetzal's lead vocalists -- decided to become a full-time soul or urban contemporary singer, she would probably have a bright future in the R&B field. Gonzales has a very soul-influenced vocal style, and she's quite expressive. But then, someone as eclectic as Gonzales would probably be selling herself short if she ...
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20 Grandes Exitos
(2005)
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Banda Pequeños Musical
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Rolas de Aztlán: Songs of the Chicano Movement
(2005)
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Various Artists
This important collection of folk songs from the Chicano movement, which began in the Southwest in the mid-'60s and continues today, covers 30 years of history. The heulga (strike) songs, moviemento (anthems), and the corridos (narrative songs of heroism and valor) come out of many forms including the conjunto sounds of the Texas-Mexico ...
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Explorer Series: Mexico - Fiestas of Chiapas and Oaxaca
(2003)
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Various Artists
Mexico's southern provinces were still extremely rural in 1976, when this set was first released -- and remain so today. And in rural societies tradition tends to linger. This fiesta music has a rugged beauty about it, and a celebratory fervor that starts on "Son Sventa N'Ahaul San Lorenzo," where the fireworks exploding over the village can ...
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La Produccion Maestra 2006 [CD/DVD]
(2006)
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Banda Pequeños Musical
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12 Grandes Exitos, Vol. 2
(2007)
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La Banda Pequeños Musical
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Corridos
(2007)
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Brazeros Musical de Durango
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The Roots of the Narcocorrido
(2004)
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Various Artists
While it might seem a bit disconcerting to the average law-abiding citizen of the United States, narcocorrido has celebrated everything from the smuggling of contraband to drugs from south of the border. The Roots of the Narcocorrido offers a background, in essence, a way to understand why one culture might exalt what another condemns. "El Corrido ...
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El Primero Conjunto Norteno Famoso 1946-1949
(1999)
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Jesus Maya & Timoteo Cantu
This collection of '40s recordings is one of the essential items of historic norteño music, and not just because that style is misprinted as "nortneo" in huge typeface on the back page of the CD booklet. Jesus Maya and Timoteo Cantu, at least for a run of a few years before they got too "boracho" and started squabbling with each other, achieved ...
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Greatest Hits Duranguenses 2000-2005
(2006)
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Various Artists
Celebrating the music of northern Mexico, Greatest Hits Duranguenses 2000-2005 is a collection of 20 songs that shows the direction the genre has taken. The traditional instruments -- accordion, trumpets, and tubas -- are all there, though some of the tracks also include drum kits and keyboards, like "Leña Verde," "Lástima Es Mi Mujer," and the ...
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