Buika: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Concha Buika s voice doesn t come from inside her petite body: It comes from Africa, and from the past. There are obvious traces of flamenco, itself a historical mashup of the Moors and various transitory cultures in southern Spain and north Africa. During her flights of improvisation, we also hear the influence of Cuban vocalist Celia Cruz, a product of AfroCuban culture, mixed in with Ella Fitzgerald, who was the pinnacle of AfricanAmerican jazz vocal expression. In these two performances
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