kidsmoke
March 20th, 2010, 10:05 AM
I stumbled upon a CD in Starbucks of all places.
I dropped into the place because I was "on the road" for the day, and HAD to find a public restroom. I stopped at the register and saw a VERY colorful album cover...not the standard brown and olive green so prevalent in such places...
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/51Sbwoo7xQL.jpg
Now I've seen both Ry and The chieftains previously, and my girlfriend is Mexican, and the school I hangout at in Chicago strongly promotes traditional latin music, so I get exposed to a lot of stuff. I grabbed the disc, flipped it over and saw the names Lila Downs, Los Folkloristas.etc etc. That was enough.
Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains wanted to tell the story of a band of Irish American immigrant soldiers that crossed over to side with the Mexicans during the Mexican American War. They met an unpleasant end, but this is a story I knew nothing about. Cool history.
If you're open to Chieftains traditional Irish music, and Mexican folk music, this is a very cool hybrid of the two, and different from anything I've heard lately.
Very cool.
I dropped into the place because I was "on the road" for the day, and HAD to find a public restroom. I stopped at the register and saw a VERY colorful album cover...not the standard brown and olive green so prevalent in such places...
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/51Sbwoo7xQL.jpg
Now I've seen both Ry and The chieftains previously, and my girlfriend is Mexican, and the school I hangout at in Chicago strongly promotes traditional latin music, so I get exposed to a lot of stuff. I grabbed the disc, flipped it over and saw the names Lila Downs, Los Folkloristas.etc etc. That was enough.
Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains wanted to tell the story of a band of Irish American immigrant soldiers that crossed over to side with the Mexicans during the Mexican American War. They met an unpleasant end, but this is a story I knew nothing about. Cool history.
If you're open to Chieftains traditional Irish music, and Mexican folk music, this is a very cool hybrid of the two, and different from anything I've heard lately.
Very cool.