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Susana Baca at Jo Long Theatre
Courtesy of Bandsintown | Posted on August 19, 2018
Where
Jo Long Theatre
226 N Hackberry
San Antonio, TX
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When
Sat, February 23, 2019
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Susana Baca
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With a splendid voice and equally impressive interpretive gifts, Susana Baca is a primary exponent of the Afro-Peruvian musical tradition. Baca came to world attention in 1995, when her rendition of "Maria Lando," a heartbreaking ballad of Third World worker oppression, was included on David Byrne's The Soul of Black Peru compilation. Since the Byrne compilation, she has toured the United States several times and released several albums, including an eponymously titled solo album on Byrne's Luaka Bop label; a disc, Del Fuego y del Agua, for Tonga Productions; 2002's Espíritu Vivo, and 2006's Travesías...