Tish Hinojosa

People will perceive a different Tish Hinojosa on Sign of Truth, the Texas singer-songwriter's first CD since 1996. Her rich, warm soprano has never sounded so direct and universal, as Hinojosa ponders the major changes in her life the past few years, and reflects her heritage in subtle new ways. After a decade of working with a few different record companies (which had different ideas about her mix of ethnic folk and pop), Hinojosa offers, "If it means adding a little more pop edge to something, while still keeping the folkism to a certain degree, that would be the perfect balance." And she has tapped such a natural pop-folk balance on Sign of Truth, her return to Rounder after a mid-90s diversion to Warner Brothers, which released two albums about the same time of Hinojosa's previous Rounder projects Frontejas (a 1995 tribute to popular Texas/Mexico border music) and Cada Nino/Every Child, a 1996 award winning, bilingual recording for children. But Hinojosa, who also recorded for A&M Records in the late '80s before launching her Rounder career with 1992's Culture Swing, is an artist whose creative sensitivity and social/political interests have endured the rollercoaster ... more...