MUSIC . Music Picks

Susana Baca

Mon., Aug. 9, 7:30 p.m., $24-$37, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.

by Mary Armstrong

Published: Aug 3, 2010

folk/world

Before Susana Baca drew attention to African musical traditions in Peru, they were little acknowledged inside the country, let alone beyond. Baca's most recent CD, Seis Poemas (Luaka Bop), is a tribute collection of songs by late Peruvian nueva cancion singer/songwriter Chabuca Granda, Baca's colleague from the early days. Fragile but insistent, peaceful and hypnotic, her voice makes you understand the songs whether or not you speak Spanish.

Mon., Aug. 9, 7:30 p.m., $24-$37, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.

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