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Border (La Linea) - Lila Downs
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  1. Mi Corazón Me Recuerda
  2. El Feo
  3. Sale Sobrando
  4. Corazoncito Tirano
  5. La Niña
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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 Linea
  9. El Bracero Fracasado
  10. Tránsito
  11. Smoke
  12. La Martiniana
  13. Soy Pescador
  14. La Liorona
  15. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
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Lila Downs' second release for Narada World reflects her continuing fascination with Mexican-American border culture. Considering her own mixed heritage (she is the child of a Mixtec Indian and an American), Downs has a special interest here, and it shows in the emotional, directed singing of Border (La Linea). On the first few tracks, Downs' thick, throaty voice is on a par with the Latina pioneers Lola Beltran or Toña La Negra, but she also displays an enviable range, switching over to thewail of a Mexican countrywoman on ...

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Border (La Linea) 2001, Narada World

UPC: 724381026526

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