Monday, May 05, 2008
Artist Spotlight: Decimista Lourdes Perez
Lourdes Perez, born in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, is described as a prolific contemporary recording artist, songwriter, composer, arranger, poet, vocalist and guitarist. She is also one of few female decimistas (writers of décima, a specialized form of Spanish poetry). Lourdes’ music – often conjuring comparisons to the soulful world music genres of cante jondo, morna and fado –draws from her jíbara (Puerto Rican mountain) roots and a socially conscious genre of Spanish/pan-Latin American music called nueva trova or nueva canción.
For more about Perez, go to:
http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/Public/Interviews/2007/LourdesPrez/index.cfm.
http://www.lourdesperez.com/home.html
http://www.myspace.com/lourdesperezmusic
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