| Lhasa / Living Road, the |
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| Album: | Living Road, the | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Lhasa | Added: | Aug 2004 | |
| Label: | Nettwerk America | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-12-05 | Pull Date: | 2005-02-06 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Feb 6 | Jan 30 | Jan 23 | Jan 16 | Jan 2 | Dec 26 | Dec 19 | Dec 12 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 28, 2018: | Brownian Motion Abro La Ventana | 4. | Jun 04, 2005: | Alex Con Toda Palabra | |
| 2. | Jan 21, 2007: | Radio Experiment #2 La Confession | 5. | Mar 15, 2005: | The Devil Collective - Songs for Murray Small Song | |
| 3. | Sep 05, 2005: | radiomundi Anywhere on this Road | 6. | Jan 31, 2005: | charlotte's miscellany Con Toda Palabra |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2004-11-30 | ||
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LHASA – “The Living Road” Nettwerk, 2004 Lhasa De Sela is a Mexican-American woman now living in France. This is her second album, and it’s a winner. Her voice is husky, world-weary despite her youth. The vibe is very similar to that of her compatriot Lila Downs, but infused with the sounds of European street-corner bands: atmospheric and just a bit sinister, it suggests illicit meetings in dark alleyways. Most of the songs are about travel (or emotional journeys). Lyrics are in Spanish, French, English. A bit of a downer, but very good! Fo’s picks: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 1. 4:30 – medium/uptempo, layered sound. Quiet intensity with violins. 2. 3:24 – quiet and dramatic: clarinet, piano, cello, bells, in French 3. 4:37 – hand-slap rhythm, sonorous synths, English vox, floating trumpet 4. 4:03 – sleepy cowboy vibe: steel guitar, Spanish vocal 5. 5:58 – like an interlude from Cirque du Soleil: moody band, French vocal 6. 3:02 – romantic Mexican tune: guitars, trumpets, violins, Spanish vocal 7. 3:45 – mysterious trumpets, slinky rhythms, breathless French vocal 8. 2:26 – folky song in English, clunky percussion and soulful vocal 9. 4:17 – dark rhythm with elec.piano, drums, bells; poetic lyrics in English. 10. 4:32 – slow and heavy piano and melancholy Spanish vocal 11. 4:23 – quiet start, then low-key but driving, with guitar reverb, violin 12. 4:46 – sleepy piano and slooow English vocal, a bit creepy [ Fo ] – 11/30/2004 | ||
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