Border

Border
Lila Downs
10265 Narada

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"Exotic beauty and startling voice...Lila Downs is a reflection of a 21st century world culture where ethnicity and national boundaries blur."
- Los Angeles Times

"One of the most spellbinding voices to grace the world music scene."
- Billboard ^®

Lila Downs is an artist who reflects through her music the most personal and deep side of the Mexican and Mixtec traditions. Her intense performances and provocative lyrics have captivated audiences around the world and made her a legend in her native Mexico. Transformed by the lyrics she sings, Downs penetrates the soul and the mind as she retells the often bittersweet stories of her ancestors and homeland. She is an artistic phenomenon to be experienced, a world music diva in the making.

Her new album, BORDER, forges a bridge between cultures and time. It's a collection of stirring songs inspired by border life, the plight of migrant workers, and the hardships endured by indigenous peoples. Accompanied by pre-Colombian and Mexican folk instruments, Downs infuses jazz, gospel, and hip hop influences into traditional cumbias, creating powerful music in any language.

BORDER is dedicated to the Mexican migrants, to the spirits of those who have died crossing the line.

Lila Downs may be seen and heard in the film FRIDA starring Salma Hayek. Lila plays a character and performs several songs. Visit the FRIDA website for soundclips of the soundtrack, which won an Academy Award for BEST ORIGINAL SCORE.

Reviews of BORDER and Lila on the web...

- On Terra.com, a wonderful review and videos!!

- From England, "The Independent" with an in-depth story.

- Amazing review on CDNOW! of BORDER

- BORDER review on AMAZON.COM

- Featured artist on World Music Village.com

- BILLBOARD magazine has a great review of BORDER - check it out!

- For the Cox News Review of the new album BORDER, click here !

- Visit Global Village for a review of Lila Downs and BORDER. You'll need to scroll down the page a ways.

- And THE NEWS MEXICO.COM has a terrific review of Lila and BORDER.

- Spanish Review of BORDER and photos of Lila in El FOCO

- BORDER Review in Spanish on UNOMÁSUNO

- THE PHOENIX.COM, Boston's Alternative News Source, reviews BORDER

- Reviews of BORDER, TREE OF LIFE, LA SANDUNGA written by Stan Gotlieb at Real Oaxaca.Com

Also available from Lila Downs ~

Visit Lila's official website www.liladowns.com in Spanish, French, and English. Also developing a German language version.

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	1	Mi Corazón Me Recuerda
	2	El Feo
	3	Sale Sobrando
	4	Corazoncito Tirano
	5	La Niña
	6	Hanal Weech
	7	Medley: Pastures of Plenty/This Land is Your Land/Land
	8	La Línea
	9	El Bracero Fracasado
	10	Tránsito
	11	Smoke (Acteal)
	12	La Martiniana
	13	Soy Pescador
	14	La Llorona
	15	Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps ~ bonus track


Artists and Instrumentation Lila Downs - voice, guiro, spoons Celso Duarte - harp, violin, guitar Chuco Mendoza - electric bass Paul Cohen - tenor sax, keyboard, and clarinet Carlos 'Poppis' Tovar - congas, bongos, guiro, ocarina, coyollis, turtle shell, and voice Carlos 'Pelusa' Rivarola - cajón, djembé, turtle shell Guest Musicians Ken Basman - electric guitar Gabriel Hernández - piano Agustin Bernal - acoustic bass Alfredo Pino - trumpet Aneiro Taño - fender rhodes piano Omar Aran - drums Memo Diaz - chorus Rodrigo Duarte - cello Quote (c)2000 BPI Communications, Inc. Used with permission from Billboard ^(r) magazine.