Exploring and expressing Mexico"s rich culture has been a lifelong passion for Lila Downs. On La Cantina "Entre Copa y Copa...", Lila Downs focuses intently on the rich and familiar repertoire of Mexico"s beloved cancion ranchera tradition. The cancion ranchera is typically a ballad about heartache, solitude, love and longing - a song such as one would typically hear in a local cantina. It is a musical tradition quite akin to Portugal"s Fado, or to the Delta blues - deeply soulful, often lamenting, always emotionally vivid. Narada. 2006.