Espíritu Vivo, by Susana Baca

Espíritu Vivo

by Susana Baca

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1.	la noche y el día 04:41	buy track
2.	se me quitaran... 03:31	buy track
3.	caracunde 04:09	buy track
4.	el fusil del poeta 05:32	buy track
5.	se me van los pies 05:34	buy track
6.	13 de mayo 04:19	buy track
7.	toro mata 06:40	buy track
8.	aparición 05:05	buy track
9.	afro-blue / zum zum 05:19	buy track
10.	les feuilles mortes 05:52	buy track
11.	the anchor song 05:48	buy track

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"I was born in Lima and grew up in a small town in Peru called Chorrillos. My father was a chauffeur for a wealthy family and my mother worked as a cook and sometimes washed clothes. In Lima we lived in an alleyway, the kind where the servants lived, off the main streets past the fancy neighborhoods. My father played the guitar. He was the official musician of the alley. Whenever there was a party they called him. He played serranitas which are tales of the Golondrinos, people who came from Los Andes near the coast in the time of cotton-picking. My father learned the serranitas from them in his childhood. They are sung at Christmas: (singing) Ay, my dove is flying away, she’s gone. Let her go, she’ll soon return. “I have an older sister and brother, and the three of us would sing together. My mother taught us how to dance. She’d say, “How can my children not know how to dance?” And so we sang and danced every afternoon. Later, my mother bought a record player, which was a big event. I imitated everything. My sister enrolled in a singing contest on the radio, and we went to watch the broadcast. It left a very strong mark on me. I saw her there and felt as though that was where I wanted to be. My brother made me a stick with a can on the end, which was the microphone. People came and we put on a show. I would drop anything for music. “I tried not to become a professional singer, mainly for my mother’s sake. She thought I wouldn’t be able to earn a living. That’s my mother’s image of musicians. My mother told me many stories about musicians who were not famous like Felipe Pingo, a renowned musician and composer who died of tuberculosis. She said, “This is the destiny of my daughter,” and she pushed me to become a teacher. I liked studying to be a teacher; I dedicated myself to being a singer later. When I first met my husband, Ricardo, I was active as a musician, but everything moved so slowly. I dedicated myself to music, and couldn’t devote myself to looking for work or figuring out how to record an album. I thought that if I worked hard enough, I’d find someone who was interested in working with me. I realized, after many years, that no one was interested in what I was singing, which was poetry. I was black, singing black music. It was a big problem. In Peru the black population is very small—you find mixed people, like me, or even lighter. But as a culture it is present everywhere. And another thing: blacks also segregate themselves. By class or by skin tone. I’ve heard my aunts say, “Marry someone lighter, even an Indian, so that your children will have hair they can comb.” “I would like to be remembered for my voice, of course. But also for helping to spread the music of my ancestors—all those people who were never recognized for their work or for their beautiful culture." -Susana Baca

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released August 18, 2023

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Susana Baca Peru

Singer-songwriter.

Peru's former Minister of Culture.

"I was born in Lima and grew up in a small town in Peru called Chorrillos. My father was a chauffeur and my mother worked as a cook. I would like to be remembered for my voice, of course. But also for helping to spread the music of my ancestors—all those people who were never recognized for their work or for their beautiful culture." -Susana ... more

discography

Espíritu Vivo

Aug 2023
Seis Poemas

May 2009
Afrodiaspora

Apr 2007
Travesías

Jul 2006
Eco de Sombras

Jan 2000
Susana Baca

Sep 1997

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