A mixture of quiet percussion, gentle flamenco and bossa nova-like harmonies topped with Bacas smouldering and thirsty vocals, the Afro-Peruvian sound is a truly outstanding discovery.
-The Guardian
"My repertoire is both old and new, it has to be that way. Thats how you mature in life, and how you grow into your culture. I have traditional songs about the life of our grandparents in the countryside, others are more about rhythm and dancing. These are the festejo, the landó, the golpe é tierra. There are songs more tied to city life and more composed music: the waltz, the marinera and the zamacueca. Then there are those which in their joy and pain share a diversity of rhythmic and interpretative aims; like Afro-Peruvian culture, they are mixtures of very different forms.
The resilience of Susana Bacas talent lies in these tensions, ones which have haunted a people for centuries, and continue to rattle like ghosts throughout the history of the Americas. With her gifts of song and dance, Susana lights a way beyond the past, a way into healing. I never wanted to become a museum for the dead. Interpreting the old and traditional songs in a new way has always been my greatest goal, she avers. This is what unites the old and the new, all that is ours in an unending story."
The new acclaimed album
TRAVESIAS is available in all major U.S. record stores and can be purchased online here.
THIS VIDEO IS TAKEN FROM SUSANA'S PERFORMANCE OF 'VALENTÃN' AT JOE'S PUB IN 2002. THE SONG WAS FEATURED ON HER ALBUM 'ECO DE SAMBRAS.'
European booking:
Bacana s.a.r.l.
Christian Georgiadis
Immeuble Le Thèbes
26 allée de Mycènes
F-34000 Montpellier
tel: +33 (0)4 67 85 20 38
cel: +33 (0)6 824 850 37
fax: +33 (0)4 67 99 06 52
[email protected] / [email protected]
www.bacana.fr / www.bacana.de
http://myspace.com/bacanabooking
All of Susana’s concerts between the 10th of September and the 10th of December 2008 are part of The Small Places Tour. Amnesty International in Sweden will have a presence at Susana’s show at the Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg the 10th of October and will bring handouts/posters to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
