Susana Baca

With a splendid voice and equally impressive interpretive gifts, Susana Baca is a primary exponent of the Afro-Peruvian musical tradition. Baca came to global 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 then, she has toured the United States several times and released several albums, including an eponymously titled solo album on Byrne's Luaka Bop label; Del Fuego y del Agua for Tonga Productions; 2002's Espíritu Vivo, and 2006's Travesías...