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Netizens called the theme “retrograde”, “racist” and “macho”, one of its main detractors being Susana Baca, a prominent national singer, three times winner of the Latin Grammy Awards ...
Susana Baca works a lot. The Peruvian folklorist has won three Latin Grammys and become known for singing Afro-Peruvian music to stages around the world. She also runs a music school and has ...
October 17, 2021 • This week we share music stories from NPR News that you should know about, featuring Cimafunk, Susana Baca and 'El Charro de Mexico' Vicente Fernandez. October 8, 2021 • NPR ...
Reporting from Santa Barbara, Peru — In this village that still bears the name of the old Santa Barbara sugar plantation, Susana Baca is trudging through a field of sweet potatoes. Not 48 hours ...
At the Babel library and bookstore in Lima, Peru, Susana Baca is surrounded by books, wine and percussion. In addition to their instruments, her band members play the desk they sit around itself ...
Silvana Estrada performs Susana Baca’s “Negra Presuntuosa” with Grammy Award-winning band Snarky Puppy. Joined on stage by Gaby Moreno, Silvia Pérez Cruz, and Fuensanta, these dynamic ...
Susana Baca is probably one of the most sensational singers ever to emerge from Peru. But until David Byrne heard her and put her on “The Soul of Black Peru” in 1995, Baca — a mixed-race ...
Teacher, folklorist, three-time Latin Grammy winner, and a former Minister of Culture in her native Peru, Susana Baca heralds the revival of Afro-Peruvian music. Baca’s forthcoming album “Palabras ...