San Patricio

The Chieftains
Ry Cooder
Label: Hear Music
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Audio CD
Release date:9th March 2010

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Track Listing

1. La Iguana - with Lila Downs
2. La Golondrina - with Los Folkloristas
3. A la Orilla de un Palmar - with Linda Ronstadt
4. Danza de Concheros - with Los Folkloristas
5. El Chivo - with Los Cenzontles
6. San Campio - with Carlos NÃºÃ±ez
7. The Sands of Mexico - with Ry Cooder
8. Sailing to Mexico - with Carlos NÃºÃ±ez
9. El Caballo - with Los Camperos de Valles
10. March to Battle (Across the Rio Grande) - with Banda de Gaita de BatallÃ³n, Liam Neeson, Los Cenzontles and L.A. Juvenil
11. Lullaby for the Dead - with Moya Brennan
12. Luz de Luna - with Chavela Vargas
13. PersecuciÃ³n de Villa - with Mariachi Santa Fe de Jesus (Chuy) Guzman
14. CanciÃ³n Mixteca (Intro) - with Ry Cooder
15. CanciÃ³n Mixteca - with Los Tigres Del Norte Lyrics
16. Ojitos Negros - with Los Cenzontles
17. El Relampago - with Lila Downs
18. El PÃ¡jaro Cu - with La Negra Graciana
19. Finale - with Los Cenzontles, Carlos NÃºÃ±ez, Los Folkloristas, Banda de Gaita de BatallÃ³n and L.A. Juvenil

Album Description

The musical souls of two nations, Ireland and Mexico, are movingly brought to life in San Patricio, the latest international collaboration by six-time Grammy winners The Chieftains - the leading practitioners of Irish traditional music for the past four decades. The album features multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Ry Cooder, another multiple-Grammy winner, who co-produced with The Chieftains' Paddy Moloney. It tells the nearly forgotten story of the brave San Patricio battalion - a downtrodden group of Irish immigrant conscripts who deserted the U.S. Army in 1846 to fight on the Mexican side against the invading Yankees in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).

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