Tuesday, April 16
Susan Baca
Guardian Ghetto blaster: "In 1992 she [Susan Baca] and her husband Ricardo Pereira, a Bolivian musico-logist, founded the Instituto NegroContinuo, a cultural and archival centre dedicated to the preservation, research and development of popular Peruvian music. Her signing to David Byrne's label Luaka Bop, she says, has thrust Afro-Peruvian music on to the international stage. 'Music that previously went unrecognised in its own country is suddenly being listened to, experimented with and appreciated across the world.'"I first met Susana when she was an assistant at La Republica. I contacted her in 1985 to sing at an evening get together when Ms. Katherine Graham visited Peru. Susan insisted on getting $2000 for the performance while other musicians accepted $500 for a set.
Aside from that, Susana is today the shining light of Peruvian music and this article looks indepth into her development.
