American Horizon

Los Cenzontles/David Hidalgo/Taj Mahal
Self-Release
World | Nov 2009

Reviews

Don Farrell
Reviewed 2009-12-21
LOS CENZONTLES ( the mockingbirds)
Collaboration with David Hidalgo & Taj Mahal
Los Cenzontles is a group of Mexican American musicians blending Mexican folk roots with other genres.
1: 4:33 mid tempo, gravelly throated male vocal, in Spanish, tuba, female chorus
2: 3:40 mid tempo, cool simple percussion, male vocal, in Spanish
****3: 3:37 mid tempo low down Blues, male vocal, in Spanish, fem chorus. long slow fade
at end.
4: 4:43 mid to fast, male vocal, in Spanish, fem chorus strummed strings
****5: 2:13 spoken word in Spanish & English, about looking for work, very cool bluesy background
6: 3:58 slow, picked strings, male vocal in Spanish.
7: 3:21 mid to faster blues tinged rock number about overtime work
***8: 4:08 faster cool dance number, male & female vocals
****9: 5:18 honky tonk Blues, Taj Mahal vocal in English
***10: 4:43 bluesy rock number, vocals in English
****11: 2:35 mid to faster very nice female vocals, banjo
12: 6:52 slow female vocal in Spanish
**13: 3:36 mid to faster female vocal in Spanish
****14: 6:44 tuba, mid tempo, female vocal in Spanish, tuba at 3:00 picks up the pace,
then slower, big time tuba & e guitar rock jam.
15: 2:06 fast spoken word in Spanish over cool mellow rock soundbed. D  Farrell 12/2009

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Charting

2009-12-20 — 2010-02-21 Reggae/World
Week EndingAirplays
Feb 21 3
Feb 14 2
Feb 7 1
Jan 24 1
Dec 27 1

Track listing

1. La Luna
2. Voy Caminando
3. Suerios
4. Pajaro Cu
5. No Work
6. Carpintero
7. Overtime
8. Cascabel
9. One Hot Mama
10. Best Of Me
11. Tecolote
12. La Fuerza
13. Misco Ciela
14. Solo Quiero Bailar
15. La Rutina