Lhasa de Sela

COMPOSERS: Lhasa de Sela
LABELS: Warner
ALBUM TITLE: Lhasa de Sela
WORKS: Lhasa de Sela
PERFORMER: Lhasa de Sala

Francois Lalonde, Jean Massicotte, Ibrahim Maalouf
CATALOGUE NO: 5050467-0122-2-6

Lhasa de Sela created the shapeshifting



album of 2004 and it will be



essential listening in 2005 following



her BBC Radio 3 World Music



Americas award. Like La Llorona,



Lhasa’s stunning debut which



brought her an influential following



in France and Canada, The Living



Road is a compelling sequence of



magical story songs. Sung equally



convincingly in Spanish, English



and French, each song is rooted



in the inner world of a Mexican-



American resident in MontrŽal,



informed by a nomadic childhood



and family schooling in fairy tales,



powerful dreams and love.



Musical influences move from



mariachi to klezmer, and Ibrah’m



Malouf’s alluring Arabic trumpet



on ‘Anywhere on this road’ is



just one stunning moment on an



album which breaks boundaries



through the potent relationship



between image-laden lyrics and



an acoustic music underpinned by



subtle electronic touches. Lhasa’s



intriguing voice seduces you into



her unique world. Jan Fairley