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| ARTIST: | Lila Downs |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Narada |
| TYPE: | Int'l & World Music, Mexican, Pop |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Simuna, Nueve Viento, Arenita Azul, Iguana, Yunu Yucu Ninu, Xquenda, Nueve Hierba, Tres Pedernal, Luna, Semilla de Piedra, Arbol de la Vida, Icnocuicatl, Uno Muerte |
| UPC: | 724384979829 |
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Customer Reviews of Tree of Life
Back to roots To the anonymous music fan from Seattle....shame on you. You have no idea what traditional Mexican music is...you must be one of those people that think burritos & "combinations" are traditional Mexican cuisine and that waltzes performed by misguided sell out mariachi bands are traditional Mexican music. Just as there is infinitely more to Mexican cuisine than is available in the U.S., consciousness about Mexican music is very superficial. Are southern gospel tunes or appalachian jigs any less American than Glenn Miller or Elvis Presley just because they were never discovered by mainstream audiences? While it is true that Lila fuses foreign influences with indigenous doesn't invalidate it...because Mexico's essence is one of mestizaje (fusion...racial, idiomatic, visual, and musical).
exotic and intense musical experience
I bought this album on the recommendation of Amazon readers. It turned out to be much more than I had hoped. Ms. Downs is willing and able to do more with her voice than I have heard from almost any singer anywhere. Her voice is not operatic but she has a HUGE range, and she uses it to invoke moods to match the songs she sings. The expressiveness of this album is so intense that it is impossible (or perhaps shameful) to use it as background music. In addition to songs in Spanish, Ms. Downs sings a number of songs written in Mixtec, Zapotec and Nahuatl languages. Some of them express their cosmology; others are about living life as a person with troubles. All are beautiful, under the sure and elegant hand of this amazing lady of music.
Nice, but not quite what I was looking for....
I was looking for a traditional Mexican music. What I got was more of Spanish/new age/earthy album. Don't get me wrong...it is really nice and Lila has quite a vocal range with a beautiful voice. She is also very expressive. Similar to Enya, with a Spanish/Indian feel to it. It is nice quiet background music.