Escovedo, Alejandro With Don Antonio / Crossing , The
Album: Crossing , The   Collection:General
Artist:Escovedo, Alejandro With Don Antonio   Added:Jan 2019
Label:Yep Roc Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-01-15 Pull Date: 2019-03-19
Week Ending: Mar 17 Mar 3 Feb 3 Jan 20
Airplays: 1 1 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 29, 2021: Hanging in the bone yard (rebroadcast from Oct 17, 2020)
Texas Is My Mother
4. Jun 30, 2021: Totally A (rebroadcast from Feb 1, 2019)
Sonica Usa
2. Aug 28, 2021: Hanging in the bone yard
Something Blue
5. Oct 17, 2020: Hanging in the bone yard
Texas Is My Mother
3. Jul 14, 2021: Totally A (rebroadcast from Feb 1, 2019)
Sonica Usa
6. Jun 27, 2020: Hanging in the bone yard
Texas Is My Mother

Album Review
Mr. Bones
Reviewed 2019-01-15
The Crossing - Alejandro Escovedo (2018)

Leave it to Mexican-American AE to craft a timely commentary on immigration today while keeping to his powerful punk-ish sound. It documents the trials of two young immigrants (Salvo & Diego) to the USA. As usual his hard rocking cello sets the pace for many songs along with splendid support from the Prague Symphony Orchestra.

FCC: #12 fuck

*1 Andare - powerful, eery rocker with soaring orchestration (0:53)
*2 Footsteps in the Shadows - heartbreaking tale of crossing the Rio Grande (4:49)
*3 Texas is my mother - downtempo story of emigration to Texas (3:01)
4 Teenage luggage - story of being picked up by a vigilante with AE's powerful cello (3:24)
*5 Something blue - lovely mid-tempo with nice orchestration (4:10)
*6 Outlaw for you - fun punk rocker ala the Ramones (3:26)
7 Amor Puro – (Pure Love) smoky, latin blues instrumental (2:37)l
*8 Waiting for Me - mid-tempo blues, writing a love letter to someone back home (3:16)
9 How Many Times - mid-tempo rocker about being a stranger in a strange land (4:28)
*10 Cherry Blossom Rain - slow, sad ballad with nice vocals (3:36)
11 Sonica USA - heavy rocker featuring Wayne Kramer (MC5) on guitar (2:20)
12 Rio Navidad - eery, spoken word with Diego confronting a racist Texas Ranger (3:45) - FCC
13 Silver City - slow ballad with Joe Ely helping on vocals (5:56)
14 Fury & Fire - heavy rocker about taking one's dad away (2:13)
15 Flying - slow, jazzy with Spanish and English lyrics (3:07)
16 MC Overload - heavy rocker with distorted vocals & sirens (3:04)
17 The Crossing - slow jazzy number about the death of Salvo with nice cello (5:22)

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Track Listing
1. Andare   9. How Many Times
2. Footsteps In The Shadows   10. Cherry Blossom Rain
3. Texas Is My Mother   11. Sonica Usa
4. Teenage Luggage   12. Rio Navidad [Explicit]
5. Something Blue   13. Silver City
6. Outlaw For You   14. Fury And Fire
7. Amor Puro   15. Flying
8. Waiting For Me   16. Mc Overload
  17. The Crossing