Lhasa de Sela
September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010
Lhasa de Sela was an acclaimed Mexican American folk singer songwriter who although born in New York and raised in Mexico, spent most of her adult life split between Canada and France. That multi-National background mixed beautifully throughout her music. De Sela released her first album, La Llorona, in 1997, and though sung completely in Spanish, it incorporated elements of South American, Mexican, Eastern European gypsy and alternative rock. Embraced by fans and critics alike, the album won her a Best Global Artist Juno award in 1998. That album was followed by The Living Road in 2003 and Lhasa in 2009. Her albums have sold in excess of 1 million copies combined. In 2005, the BBC World Music Awards named her the Best Artist of the Americas. Lhasa de Sela died of breast cancer on January 1, 2010.
Thanks to Lellie Capwell for assist.
I met Lhasa – she was one of the most extraordinary artists i met. I wrote the encounter up at theartsdesk.com http://bit.ly/6Rc4bF
So sad. But the music is not over: it lives on.
Yes it does Michael – just as I say in the subtitle of this blog. Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment
Vince
I was so sad to learn of her death today when they played a song by her on Democracy Now and said by the late singer, Lhasa. I was so looking forward to the next album. I guess I just missed the news on the day it was announced, so I didn’t know. The video and song are so appropriate. I never met her, but from her music I’m sure she “se entrego” to that last great adventure we all must go to in the same way she walked out into the water of the video, the waters of the great beyond. Thank you for posting this. Thank you to her family and friends for bringing such a marvelous voice into the world and supporting her.
Thank you for stopping by and sharing your kind words, Louise.
Vince