Peruvian singer-songwriter, Susana Baca, known as the voice of Afro-Peruvian musical tradition, will be singing at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday as one of its featured artists.
As part of this amazing and unique performance, former Peruvian culture minister will sing “Maria Lando,” which contributed to her international popularity in 1995 with the release of the album “The Soul of Black Peru” –by ex-Talking Heads frontman David Byrne- in which her song was featured.
This time, the two-time Latin Grammy winner is planning to include a number of slight changes in the way music is put together. “I won’t be performing with the usual band of Peruvian musicians,” so the repertoire “is going to have very different nuances,” she was quoted as saying by the Washington Post.
No matter the nationality or style, Howard Theatre will deliver an amazing night in Washington, D.C. for any lover of traditional music, especially for Peruvians living in the United States.
It is worth mentioning that her splendid voice and equally impressive interpretive gifts will remind fans and explain the crowd in general why she attracted the attention of great composer, singer and icon Chabuca Granda, who became her mentor and encouraged Baca to record.
For those who will definitely go and enjoy such an amazing experience, being on site at the time doors open (6:00 p.m. local time) should be taken into consideration.
The Nov 25 show is due to start at 8:00 p.m. and tickets range from $28 (General Admission - Fully Seated) to $55 (VIP Reserved Seating).
Baca has toured the United States several times and released several albums, including an eponymously titled solo album on Byrne's Luaka Bop label; a disc, Del Fuego y del Agua, for Tonga Productions; 2002's Espíritu Vivo, and 2006's Travesías.
She is particularly interested in reinterpreting old Afro-Peruvian melodies. At her best, Baca conveys an unforgettable, haunting melancholy, the lament of a people separated from their homeland by a continent and an ocean.
Upon Granda’s death, Baca turned her attention to researching the Afro-Peruvian tradition. With her husband she founded the Instituto Negrocontinuo (Black Continuum) in Lima, which is dedicated to preserving Afro-Peruvian culture.
She released a new EP, Seis Poemas, in 2009, following it with the full-length Afrodiaspora in 2011.
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Published: 11/22/2014