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January 20, 2010

Lhasa de la Sela

Filed under: Music — Tags: — charly @ 2:00 am

Lhasa de la Sela, Image taken from wikipedia

Today (so very late I should say) I read the news that one of my favorite singers / songwriters passed away on January 1st, 2010. Lhasa de la Sela was born in Big Indian, New York, though her nomadic life took her around Mexico, the US, France and Canada (here is a good article on her). She was 37 years old, and during her short life she recorded 3 outstanding albums. She sung effortlessly in English, Spanish and French, and could transform different types of music (rock, Mexican, folk, etc) into her own personal language.

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January 14, 2010

Arnaut Daniel

Filed under: Literature — Tags: — charly @ 7:08 pm

Arnaut Daniel, image taken from wikipedia

 

The 12th century minstrel Arnaut Daniel (born in what is now Dordogne, France) has had a cult following that goes from Dante to Petrarch and from Ezra Pound to T.S. Eliot. A student of Latin turned into a poet / singer, this passionate troubadour could be as sensual and arrogant as complex and obscure.

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