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ALICIA BORISONIK PRESS
THE OTTAWA XPRESS
April 10th, 2008
Alicia Borisonik & The Argentinian Project - (Indie)
Busco un lugar
Cormac Rea
It's not often that one gets to hear Latin American music in Ottawa but, along with the arrival of spring, one of the city's transplanted treasures has emerged with an album of true Argentinean warmth. The title song, Busco un lugar, translates to "looking for my home," written by Borisonik when she was 12 years old and struggling to understand a repressive regime in her home country. The rest of the album continues in this vein, as memories of past lives, places and feelings are invoked by Borisonik's impressive vocal breadth. The instrumentation is exceptional also: Everything from garbage cans to cheese trays are used to complement traditional instruments such as the caja chayera - a beautiful, deep-sounding drum. A stirring nine songs of personal revelation, Busco un lugar may be just the thing to defrost your soul. |
