Description
Re: 22-11-2024
Lhasa de Sela (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010), also known by the monomym Lhasa, was an American-Canadian singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States and divided her adult life between Canada and France. Her first album,La Llorona, went Platinum in Canada and brought Lhasa a Félix Award and a Juno Award
Following this success, Lhasa toured with Lilith Fair and then joined her sisters in a French circus troupe, contributing her husky voice to the musical backdrop. She lived in Marseille and began to write more songs, then she moved back to Montreal and produced a second album, The Living Road. Once again, she toured in support of her album and collaborated with other musicians on their projects. During this time, BBC Radio 3 honoured her as the best world music artist of the Americas in 2005. She published a book about her impressions of life on the road.
Lhasa recorded a third album, titled Lhasa, but she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. After 21 months of treatment, she died on New Year’s Day 2010. A memorial program of her music was produced in January 2012, performed in Montreal by artists who had worked with her.
Tracklist:
- A1 Is Anything Wrong
- A2 Rising
- A3 Love Came Here
- B1 What Kind Of Heart
- B2 Bells
- B3 Fool’s Gold
- C1 A Fish On Land
- C2 Where Do You Go
- C3 The Lonely Spider
- D1 1001 Nights
- D2 I’m Going In
- D3 Anyone And Everyone
