Frontéjas press release


Rounder Records


Frontéjas is a heartfelt labor of love, inspired by and dedicated to Tish's mother, Frontéjas is no museum piece - it has all the spit, dust, and fire of the real Frontera. Sung entirely in Spanish (except for the duet with Asleep At The Wheel's Ray Benson), and featuring Flaco Jimenez and Brave Combo's Carl Finch, Hinojosa makes a statement at once deeply personal and as wide open as the West.

Press:



"Hinojosa hasn't stepped back, she's finally hit her stride." --Weekly Planet

". . . a loving tribute to Hinojosa's Mexican heritage in its native language." --San Diego Union-Tribune

"This album is beautiful -in the songs, words, music and the voice." --KVMR Program Guide

"This is a special recording, one made out of love of one's early life and one's cultural heritage." --CMJ New Music Report

"A beautiful album, traditional in nature, yet fluid and contemporary in style. She's been long underrated and undernoticed -here's hoping this release changes all that (for she's been long overdue)." --B-Side

". . . it is the purity and sincerity of Hinojosa's sweet, expressive voice that makes Frontéjas such a remarkable and highly recommended work." --Hispanic

Personnel



Tish Hinojosa, vocals, guitar, flute / Carlos "Charlie" Torres, drums / Bubba Hernandez, bass / Toby Torres, bajo sexto/ Santiago Jimenez, Jr., accordion / Marvin Dykhuis, guitar / Paul Pearcy, rhythm sticks / Steve Summer, drums / Chris Maresh, bass / Robert "Beto" Skiles, piano / Joel Guzman, accordion / Mike Mordecai, horns / Milan Moorman, horns / Gary Shlecta, horns / Glenn Fukunaga, bass / Eva Ybarra, accordion / Ramon "Rabbit" Sanchez, banjo / Francisco "Pancho" Salazar, bass / Mingo Saldivar, accordion / Peter Rowan, guitar, vocals / Flaco Jimenez, accordion / Arturo Garza, percussion / Ray Benson, vocals / Carl Finch, guitar / Danny Levin, violin, string arr. / Las Comadres--Marina Hinojosa Cavazos, Mary Margaret Navar, Rose Reyes, Yvonne Wright, Natalie Zoe, Tish

Year Released:

1995

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