The Living Road

by Lhasa

Overview

Everyone knows that when you release your debut album, consisting of an assortment of sophisticated and worldly numbers performed in Spanish, and that album goes on to make a far bigger splash worldwide than anyone expected, the only sensible course of action is to...run away and join the circus? That's precisely what Lhasa de Sela did following the success of La Llorona: she joined with other members of her family, which always had a nomadic streak in it, and toured around Europe as part of a circus. Upon her return, she got to work on The Living Road, an album about travel, whether it be wheels upon the road, or through life itself. It's hard to say whether the experience of life on the road was the catalyst for the broadening of the writing this time out; there are songs in Spanish, French, and English this time out, but all three are languages that Lhasa was immersed in beforehand. Musically, it's a natural follow-up to La Llorona, drawing from many of the same traditional styles and blending them with more modern instrumentation into a very seamless, sophisticated, and sensual melange, one that thankfully never tips over into the pretentious, condescending, or hokey. And then, of course, there's the real star of the show: Lhasa's voice, which is never short of gorgeous throughout. It's a fantastic follow-up release; hopefully, it won't mean another five-year wait while she hides out under the big top. ~ Sean Carruthers

Product Details

Release Date:	06/08/2018
Label:	Imports
UPC:	0190758400112
Rank:	46226

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lhasa   Primary Artist,Vocals
LaLonde   Drums,Marimba,Percussion,Vibraphone,Glockenspiel
Bernard Falaise   Guitar
Francois Eric Lalonde   Basse,Drums,Marimba,Percussion,Vibraphone,Glockenspiel
Jean Massicotte   Organ,Piano,Guitar,Theremin,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Francois LaLonde   Bass,Marimba,Percussion,Vibraphone,Glockenspiel
Juan Jose Carranza   Guitar
Rick Haworth   Guitar,Pedal Steel,Lap Steel Guitar,Guitar (Electric),Guitar (Synthesizer)
Ibrahim Maalouf   Trumpet
Sheila Hannigan   Cello
Mario Legare   Bass,Contrabass,Double Bass,Bass (Acoustic)
Marie-Soleil Belanger   Violin
Olivier Langevin   Guitar
Claude Fradette   Guitar,Lap Steel Guitar
Francis Lalonde   Bass,Drums,Marimba,Percussion,Vibraphone,Glockenspiel
Jean-Denis Levasseur   Ukulele,Clarinet,Clarinet (Bass)
Gilees Brisebois   Bass,Bass (Electric)
Christophe Papadimitriou   Contrabass

Technical Credits

Jean Massicotte   Audio Engineer,Audio Production,Mixing,Arranger,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Realization
Francois LaLonde   Audio Production
Lhasa   Artwork,Collage,Composer,Translation,Art Direction,Booklet Concept,Artistic Director
Francois Eric Lalonde   Arranger,Assistant,Realization
Yves Desrosiers   Composer
Vincent Segal   Composer
Carl Talbot   Mastering
Jerome Lapierre   Composer
Riad Malek   Composer
Denis Wolff   Executive Producer
Filippa Lidholm   Photography
Didier Dumoutier   Composer
Francis Lalonde   Arranger,Producer,Assistant Engineer
Mathieu Houde   Coordination,Project Coordinator
Rick Malek   Composer