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Susana Esther Baca de la Colina (Spanish pronunciation: [suˈsana ˈβaka]; born 24 May 1944 in Chorrillos, Lima Province, Peru) is a prominent Peruvian singer-songwriter, school teacher, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and three-time Latin Grammy Award winner. She has been a key figure in the revival of Afro-Peruvian music.
I am Susana Baca, I am a singer, composer, music investigator and a teacher from Perú, 3 times winner of the Latin Grammy Awards. I am so happy to share all my music with you!
Oct 8, 2021 · Susana Baca - Sorongo (Official Video) Real World Records. 209K subscribers. Subscribed. 2.1K. 93K views 2 years ago. Taken from the forthcoming album Palabras Urgentes, out 8th October 2021 ...
Oct 5, 2022 · From Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, Tiny Desk is celebrating Latinx Heritage Month with an El Tiny takeover, featuring Jessie Reyez, Girl Ultra and more musicians...
Oct 10, 2021 · Peruvian folklorist Susana Baca is known for bringing Afro-Peruvian music to stages around the world. She also served as Peru's minister of culture. Her latest album is called, Palabras...
Baca, who got her start spinning the poems of others into wistful melodies, also borrows the verses of Federico Garcia Lorca, the Spanish avant-garde poet who was assassinated during his country’s Civil War, and in a nod to her ancestry she delves into Peru’s overlooked, yet rich African legacy.
Nov 26, 2021 · For five decades Susana Baca has been performing plangent protest songs in the name of South America’s marginalised peoples, the poor and the planet. On the eve of the release of her latest album, Palabras Urgentes, the Afro-Peruvian diva talks to Chris Moss.
