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Una Sangre / One Blood

Thirteen tracks in several languages, on migration, discrimination and strong women.
Lila Downs, 2004

Spanish Wikipedia says it came out in April 2004 simultaneously in the US, Spain and Mexico, while AllMusic and Qobuz snippets give a June 15 release. It has eight tracks in Spanish, three in English, one in Triqui and one in Purépecha, with lyrics credited to Downs, Paul Cohen, Celso Duarte and José Martí, and themes of migration, discrimination and the case of the human-rights lawyer Digna Ochoa. A library catalog gives the titles as "Viborita", "Dignificada", "Cielo Rojo", "La Bamba", "One Blood", "Malinche", "Tirineni Tsitsiki", "La Cucaracha", "Mother Jones", "Paloma Negra", "Brown Paper People", "Una Sangre" and "Yanahuari Nin".

Tom Orr of World Music Central called it a boldly glorious work throughout, praising a reworked "La Bamba" and a "La Cucaracha" recast with cumbia, reggae and hip-hop. The Houston Press's Christopher Sanders called it a wonderful offering and cited the bluesy growl of "Mother Jones" and "Paloma Negra".

Track listing

  1. Viborita
  2. Dignificada
  3. Cielo Rojo
  4. La Bamba
  5. One Blood
  6. Malinche
  7. Tirineni Tsitsiki
  8. La Cucaracha
  9. Mother Jones
  10. Paloma Negra
  11. Brown Paper People
  12. Una Sangre
  13. Yanahuari Nin

More from Lila Downs

Azuláo (En Vivo Con Lila Downs) (1996), La Sandunga (1997), Tree Of Life (2000), Border (2001), La Cantina "Entre Copa Y Copa..." (2006), Ojo De Culebra (2008), Pecados Y Milagros (2011), Balas Y Chocolate (2015), Salón, Lágrimas y Deseo (2017), Al Chile (2019), Desde Bellas Artes México (2022), La Sánchez (2023)

Sources

  1. Lila Downs (Spanish), Wikipedia (Spanish)
  2. Bloody good, World Music Central (2004-07-20)
  3. Lila Downs, Houston Press (2004-07-01)