Amparo Sánchez (Spain)
After 11 years with her influential band Amparanoia, vivacious and powerful singer Amparo Sánchez has embarked on a striking a solo project. Expanding on her exuberant roots-reggae-Cuban style, she called the album Tucson-Habana – highly appropriate, considering the dry Americana influence of her collaborators Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico