Track Listing

1. Con Todo Palabra
2. La Marée Haute
3. Anywhere on This Road
4. Abro La Ventana
5. J'Arrive à La Ville
6. La Frontera
7. La Confession
8. Small Song
9. My Name
10. Pa Llegar a Tu Lado
11. Para el Fin del Mundo O el Año Nuevo
12. Soon This Space Will Be Too Small

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56980 in Music
• Released on: 2004-08-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Album Description
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.

Amazon.com
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