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WOMADELAIDE 2001
program highlights
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Barbara Luna (Argentina) |
| Barbara Luna is a gifted
guitarist, songwriter and dynamic performer from Buenos Aires.
Her voice is distinctive and warm, with an incredibly wide range, and
her music is Latin/South American in global terms but it traverses typical
Argentine syncopations and Creole grooves, with hints of Spanish and West
African Rhumbas. The music is melodic, catchy and timeless and her
compositions rich, varied, bold and seductive. From a young age she
had the Milonga (a fluid and uptempo tango) all around her, and at age
four was proudly singing the folk songs of her region. A career as
a professional musician led Barbara to France where she became a hit with
Latin and Tango afficionados. Here she worked with Colombian
salsa artist Yori Buenaventura, and the Argentine singer/composer/painter,
Juan Carlos Caceres, following which in 1998 she recorded her first album
‘A
la vida, a la muerte’ . A second CD is due for release. Luna’s
entrancing live performances showcase the diversity and the beauty of her
country, with elements of tango, Afro-Cuban son-bolero, Chacarera (Latin
Indian), Huayno (Guacho cowboys) and other folk influences from the diverse
provinces. She performs with an all-star, all-Argentine line-up.
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