Lhasa

Mexican-American Lhasa de Sela ended up in Montreal and developed a unique musical style that combined Mexican ranchera-style folk ballads from the ’30s and ’40s with European cabaret music. Her first album, the Spanish-language La Llorona, came out in 1997, and its lush romanticism earned Lhasa a Juno. She re-ignited her career with a second album, The Living Road. Lhasa is a subtle, amazing performer, who transforms French folk charm, Mexican brass and rootsy percussion into a compelling and lyrical musical tapestry. Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts.

“Dramatic intensity worthy of Leonard Cohen ... here, surely, is a multi-lingual global diva.” -The Guardian