Tish Hinojosa - Culture Swing

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Free Music Review: Pure delight!
Hit: 5 Stars

The first time I heard "By the Rio Grande", I was blown away: Hinajosa sings with the strength and range of a Linda Ronstadt or Joan Baez (her heroine), but with the fragile beauty reminiscent of an Alison Krauss or Stevie Nicks. (Actually, many of these songs remind me of Krauss's first recordings with Rounder, when she wasn't afraid to belt out her own bluegrass material).

Not that Hinajosa doesn't put her own distinct stamp on these songs. It's just that if you haven't had the pleasure of hearing her yet, her talent defies easy description.

"Culture Swing" carries a good ratio of Hinajosa originals to others. Her own songs focus frequently on treasuring that which we disregard: the land, those who work the land, loves gone by, our culture as we assimilate into a larger group culture. Delightfully, she "answers" Bob Willis' classic "San Antonio Rose", in which a broken-hearted cowboy wonders where his Rose has wandered off to. Tish speculates that there might be some very good reasons for Rose to walk away in "San Antonio Romeo", her own Western swing ballad.

To echo "The Real West", listening to this CD can evoke a clean white shirt on a Saturday night, a long cold beer, a spin on the dance floor, and Hinajosa at the microphone with songs of pure Tex-Mex gold. If you can't see Hinajosa in person (and I suggest you do if you get a chance; she shines live), this CD will give you a good dose of her special recipe for Latin flavored Texas folk.

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