Album Info

The Crossing

By Alejandro Escovedo

Americana - 2018

Tracklist

1

Andare

0:53 min
2

Footsteps in the Shadows

4:49 min
3

Texas Is My Mother

3:01 min
4

Teenage Luggage

3:25 min
5

Something Blue

4:11 min
6

Outlaw for You

3:26 min
7

Amor Puro

2:38 min
8

Waiting for Me

3:17 min
9

How Many Times

4:29 min
10

Cherry Blossom Rain

3:36 min
11

Sonica USA

2:20 min
12

Rio Navidad

3:45 min
13

Silver City

5:57 min
14

Fury and Fire

2:13 min
15

Flying

3:08 min
16

MC Overload

3:04 min
17

The Crossing

5:20 min

About The Crossing

Given the political rhetoric surrounding borders, nations, and belonging, Mexican-American singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo’s concept albumdelivers a formidable response. Soft, string-backed piano opens The Crossing, but that’s the last soothing moment across the lengthy Americana- and country-leaning LP. In the tradition of protest singer-songwriters like Woody Guthrie and Bruce Cockburn, as well as more recent groups like A Tribe Called Red, Escovedo lays bare the challenges Mexicans and Mexican-Americans face throughout thumping tracks. Backed by a chorus of fervent voices on “Fury and Fire,” he challenges Donald Trump’s threat with one of his own: “The TV says that they’re gonna run us out/Call us rapists, go and build a bigger wall/We’re gonna tear it down.”