Lhasa de Sela

E386078

Lhasa de Sela was a Mexican-American singer-songwriter renowned for her haunting, multilingual vocals and genre-blending albums that drew from folk, Latin, and world music traditions.

All labels observed (2)

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Lhasa de Sela canonical 3
Lhasa 2

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf person
recording artist
singer-songwriter
associatedAct Bratsch
La Fanfare du Belgistan
awardReceived Juno Award for Best Global Album
basedIn Montreal, Quebec, Canada
causeOfDeath breast cancer
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1972-09-27
dateOfDeath 2010-01-01
debutAlbum La Llorona
debutAlbumReleaseYear 1997
ethnicOrigin Mexican-American
familyName de Sela
fullName Lhasa de Sela self-link
genre Latin music
alternative music
folk music
world music
givenName Lhasa de Sela self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lhasa
grewUpIn Canada
Mexico
United States of America
influencedBy Eastern European folk music
Latin American music traditions
North American folk music
languagesSpokenOrSung English
French
Spanish
notableCharacteristic haunting vocals
multilingual singing
notableSong Anywhere on This Road
Con toda palabra
De cara a la pared
Love Came Here
notableWork La Llorona
Lhasa de Sela self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lhasa

The Living Road
occupation musician
singer
songwriter
placeOfBirth Big Indian, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Montreal, Quebec, Canada
recordLabel Audiogram
Warner Music Canada
secondAlbum The Living Road
secondAlbumReleaseYear 2003
thirdAlbum Lhasa
thirdAlbumReleaseYear 2009
vocalType contralto
yearsActive 1985–2009

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ibrahim Maalouf hasCollaboratedWith Lhasa de Sela
Rodrigo Leão hasCollaboratedWith Lhasa de Sela
Lhasa de Sela fullName Lhasa de Sela self-link
Lhasa de Sela givenName Lhasa de Sela self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lhasa
Lhasa de Sela notableWork Lhasa de Sela self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lhasa