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Lhasa de Sela
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Big Indian, New York, USA
Lhasa de Sela (1972-2010), also known as Lhasa, was an American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer.
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Lhasa
- Born
- ( 1972-09-27 ) September 27, 1972, Big Indian, New York , U.S.
- Died
- January 1, 2010 (2010-01-01) (aged 37), Montreal , Quebec , Canada
- Genres
- Folk , World
- Occupation
- Singer-songwriter
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Years active
- 1985–2009
- Label
- Audiogram
- Website
- lhasadesela .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Big Indian
- Place of death
- Montreal
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.lhasadesela.com
- Image
- Lhasa de Sela 29r.jpg
- Work location
- Montreal
- Residence
- Montreal
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- Commons category
- Lhasa de Sela
- date of birth
- 1972-09-27
- date of death
- 2010-01-01
- cause of death
- breast cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Lhasa de Sela
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- place of burial
- Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Lhasa de Sela (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010), also known by the mononym Lhasa, was an American-Mexican-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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lhasa de Sela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.