Here is music making and music recording, the old fashioned way: for real!This album is a living, breathing specimen of that rare species of music, which unfolds itself without selling itself, which reaches out and pulls the listener in, effortlessly. Lhasa de Sela, plus connue sous le nom de scène Lhasa, née le 27 septembre 1972 à Big Indian, New York, et morte le 1er janvier 2010 à Montréal, est une chanteuse américano-mexicaine ayant vécu au Québec (Canada).
Her refusal to be boxed in -to succumb to the label of exoticism- was obvious in the choice of writing and singing in three languages, as well as in the tales that wound their way through this truly astonishing album.
At age 13 when her parents separated, Lhasa, her mother and her sisters settled in After touring in Europe and North America for several years with Lhasa published a French-language book in 2008, titled Because of her illness, Lhasa canceled a proposed world tour that would have begun in late 2009.
... Sévèrement taclé par le compagnon de Michou 12H02. The singer and songwriter appeared from nowhere in 1997 with an album that defied definition, capturing a Latin world of her own imagination born of an itinerant childhood spent between Mexico and the US. Moving from one idiom to another, from a sweet and feminine ranchera to a clacking gospel tune, from a spiraling, percussion-driven blues song to a gentle lullaby; her charisma and conviction holding it all together as if by magic.“The Living Road” brought Lhasa to an even wider public and to greater acclaim. 18 Juin. “La Llorona” was so thoroughly embraced by its fans that it has become a modern classic of sorts, always under the radar, always being discovered by new admirers, always as surprising and familiar as it was when it first appeared 12 years ago.When “The Living Road”, Lhasa’s second album was released in 2003 (almost seven years after her first), it immediately became clear that she had evaded the lure of self-imitation and had followed her muse instead. News essentielles.
Written and produced by Lhasa herself, recorded mostly live and entirely to tape, this third album feels like the work of a singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer coming into her own. Some of Lhasa's ashes were dispersed in a small river that flows into the Mediterranean Sea. In 2005 the BBC’s World Music Awards named Lhasa “Best Artist of the Americas”.Now, six years after the release of “The Living Road”, she is back with an album simply called “Lhasa”.
Seulement âgée de 37 ans, la délicieuse Lhasa de Sela, du groupe Lhasa, nous a quittés le 1er janvier dernier des suites d’un cancer du sein contre lequel elle se battait depuis de longs mois. The album was written and produced in Montréal, and in many ways could not have been made anywhere else. Hommages à Lhasa pour le 20e anniversaire de La Lorrona, Avec le band original de l’album: Y. Desrosiers , M. Légaré, F. Lalonde, D. Dumontier. 17 Juin.
The singer and songwriter appeared from nowhere in 1997 with an album that defied definition, capturing a Latin world of her own imagination born of an itinerant childhood spent between Mexico and the US.
Where is she from?”The album made its way through Canada, France, then through half of the world, winning prizes (including a Juno and a Felix) and selling more than 700,000 copies (a surprising accomplishment for a non-commercial, non-traditional Spanish-language album).
Mexican-American musician Lhasa de Sela died New Years Day at the age of 37 after a battle with breast cancer.
Sa musique est inspirée par différents grands courants musicaux comme la musique mexicaine, gitane, le folk américain, la ch… Âgée de 37 ans, la chanteuse Lhasa vient de disparaître le 1er janvier dernier... Née à New-York, Lhasa de Sela vivait depuis maintenant plusieurs années à Montréal au Québec. La chanteuse Lhasa de Sela. She was known for creating music that … Songs from both of her albums were used in film and television, including The Sopranos, Madonna’s documentary I Am Because We Are, the science fiction film Cold Souls and John Sayles’ Casa de los Babys. Beaucoup de discrétion et d'amour entourent le départ précoce de la chanteuse Lhasa de Sela, emportée par un cancer du sein le 1er janvier, à l'âge de 37 ans.
The music was both familiar and truly unique, a mix of ranchera music, Eastern European gypsy music, country, and popular songwriting, with intensely personal lyrics in Spanish, and a passionate vocal delivery. She also set aside plans to make an album of songs written by Chileans Following a 21-month-long battle with breast cancer, Lhasa died, age 37, on the evening of January 1, 2010, at her home in Montreal.Following her death, it snowed in Montreal for four days.