She died in 2010 at the age of 37 from breast cancer. Maybe it was lhasas unconventional upbringing that has given her such a unique vision, or maybe it was always within her. 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. Identifier 02lacelestina scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Lhasa was born in big indian, new york, of a mexican father, language instructor alejandro alex sela, and an american mother, photographer and actress alexandra karam.
Notes housed in a standard jewel case with a 14page booklet inside and a tot ou tard label insert. Lhasa believes that the woman cried when the spanish arrived in america to warn her native children of the doom that the conquistadors would bring to their way of life. Upon her return, she got to work on the living road, an album. She later on lived between france and canada, where she died montreal, on january 1st 2010. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. According to lhasa, her hippie parents did not give her a name until the age of five months. Anywhere on this road drums, percussion, marimba, vibraphone, glockenspiel, bass francois lalonde guitar olivier langevin. As much as this album does not follow her first album to the letter this is quite more diverse in terms of musical forms, choice of instruments and the fact that it contains songs sung in three languages it is totally consistent with it. Maybe it was lhasa s unconventional upbringing that has given her such a unique vision, or maybe it was always within her. Shop vinyl and cds and complete your lhasa collection. The album was nominated for the 2009 polaris music prize on june 15, 2009 after lhasas death was announced on january 3, 2010, the album rapidly reascended the canadian albums chart, jumping from number 142 to number 24 in just one week. In 1985 at age when her parents separated, lhasa, her mother and her sisters settled in san francisco where lhasa started singing in a greek cafe. The influences from other cultures are surely there, but lhasa isnt that easy to pigeonhole.
Lhasa is the third and final album by singer lhasa, released in 2009 on warner music. Find lhasa discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from lhasa at the discogs marketplace. Includes unlimited streaming of lhasa via the free bandcamp app, plus high quality download in mp3, flac and more. Contemporary folk, singersongwriter, mexican music. Lhasa takes her time crafting her music and this, her third album and first allenglishlanguage effort, comes six years after her second opus, the living road. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. The album was nominated for the 2009 polaris music prize on june 15, 2009. Who by fire by leonard cohen youtube who by fire leonard cohen adelaide 2010 duration. Find lhasa discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic new.
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