Lhasa - Living Road
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Artist: LhasaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-08-10
Music Label: Nettwerk Records
Soundtracks:
- Con Toda Palabra
- La Maree Haute
- Anywhere On This Road
- Abro La Ventana
- J'arrive A La Ville
- La Frontera
- La Confession
- Small Song
- My Name
- Pa'llegar A Tu Lado
- Para El Fin Del Mundo O El Ano Nuevo
- Soon This Space Will Be Too Small
Music reviews of Living Road
Music Review: People just amaze me sometimes
Rating: 5 Stars
This CD gets a solid 5 stars. Stripped down, elemental, with a solid production, pulled together by THAT VOICE. Yes, people just amaze me sometimes, especially when they write reviews on amazon! Hey you - a few back - she titled it "Con Toda Palabra" instead of "Con cala Palabra" because she did and she could and so it is. Would you prefer Van Gogh paintings in monochrome? Oh, and that other review a litle farther back - "the first five songs are all the same and carried by her voice"? You're bagging on my favorite track there: "La Frontera"... the mariachi or norteno type horns and swirling rhythm sound nothing like "Anywhere on This Road", which is very different from "Con Toda Palabra, with those lilting hollow percussion rhythms and the swirling rhythm and slowly building dynamics. There is a lot of diversity there, and after all, Lhasa is staking her success primarily on her vocals.
"The Living Road" is a wonderful piece of music. I love way Lhasa responded to her initial success with a totally different CD... less bombastic and less overtly sensual (though that was awesome), and given us this surreal, haunting, thoroughly mesmerizing CD. "Anywhere Along This Road" Frontera", Small Song and "My Name" are great, deep, fantastically executed songs. Don't miss this cd, expecially the long solo at the end of "Anywhere on This Road" and the almost creepy but fantastic "Soon This Space will be too Small" with it's wonderful Paolo Coelho alliteration just because a few reviewers had some rather non-contextual things to say. This is a tremendous CD from this little powerhouse artist. Lhasa - we're waiting for No.3 - you are truly something special.
Description of Living Road
Lhasa is probably best known for her appearance on the Tindersticks album Waiting For The Moon. If you haven't heard Lhasa, think of Leonard Cohen-like lyrics sung in French by a female with backup music that sounds like Tom Waits. World. 2003.Already a star in Canada and France, the gifted singer/songwriter Lhasa sets her sights on America with this remarkable multi-cultural effort. The Living Road, the follow-up to her 1998 debut, features her smoky vocals (in French, English, and Spanish) in front with wonderfully understated support that draws upon Mexican folk styles, French chansons, Spanish ballads, and modern-sounding songwriters like Joe Henry or Jim White. The accompaniment is exceptional, but it's Lhasa's voice and lyrics that set her apart. Whereas fellow Mexican-American singer Lila Downs dives into large cultural and political issues, this modern-day torch singer sings about intensely personal experiences and inner thoughts--much of the lyrics are sung in the first person or directed toward another, as if she's writing a letter to a lover. Her sensual phrasing perfectly fits the intimate subject matter, particularly when she sings in French, while her husky timbre exudes inner strength that beyond question. Six years is a long time between albums, but The Living Road was worth the wait. --Tad Hendrickson
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