of Singer/Songwriter Lourdes Perez - March 29, 2008
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Now playing on MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/lourdesperezmusic
NEW!! Lourdes Perez FAN PAGE on FACEBOOK: http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Lourdes-Perez/19732713999
and PERSONAL PAGE:
http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=555555642
"one of finest living artists in the country" : http://www.unitedstatesartists.org
I have seen Lourdes Perez live in concert and have all 6 of her CDs. She is one of those independent artists who likes it that way, but who you wish that the whole world knew about. Singing only in her native Spanish with a voice that gives you chills, she will move your soul without you ever knowing what hit you. If you are deep into it and read the lyrics, you find out why you feel the intention and the power. Stays in your mind and changes you somehow.
- mp3.com reviews
"With her latest release, Este Filo, it is clear that Lourdes Perez lives up to her reputation as one of the great Latin American singer/songwriters. ...beautifully crafted words, spilling out like little gems. The songs can be urgent and dramatic, raging against violence and injustice. They can be comforting and nostalgic, memories of loved ones and promises kept. Whatever mood the music creates, it never feels forced. It seems to pour out of her so naturally, effortlessly. It draws you in and you find yourself raging, remembering, laughing and loving along with her."
- Angie Manzano - Off Our Backs
HEAR the music, READ lyrics and translations or ORDER CDs securely with fast shipping at:
http://cdbaby.com/all/lourdesperez
11/04/07 was the 100th birthday of Puerto Rican revolutionary ISABEL ROSADO. Free download of Lourdes' song to her on MYSPACE:
http://www.myspace.com/lourdesperezmusic
FROM LOURDES:
SONG FOR MY FATHER
Décimas a mi padre
Raúl Pérez González
2/5/27-12/20/07
Por: Lourdes Pérez Cruz
Hoy vengo con los cantores
Con tus hijos y tus hijas
A traerte una valija
De recuerdos y de flores
No vengo a cantar dolores
Vengo a celebrar tus sueños
Rostro octogenario, isleño
Ser brillante entre los seres
Mis saludos, Raúl Pérez
Diamante puertorriqueño
No han podido doblegarte
Ni torcer tu ideología
La libertad es tu guía
La verdad es tu estandarte
Yo aprendí a memorizarte
Desde mis ojos pequeños
Si parece que me adueño
Soy eco de mis hermanos
Mi padre tiene en sus manos
Un oro puertorriqueño
Corazón azucarado
Compasión al semejante
Sin titubear ni un instante
A los demás tu te has dado
Y esto que yo he declarado
Lo declaran con empeño
Tus amigos y reseño
En estos humildes loores
Que es Raúl Pérez, señores
Un roble Puertorriqueño
Un dos de mayo naciste
Y naciste cual de pie
Porque la patria y la fe
Tu filosofía hiciste
La historia de galas viste
Y un Dios triunfante y risueño
Por tan perfecto diseño
Y a mi que honor me ha toca’o
Ser hija de un amola’o
Machete puertorriqueño
Ser hija de un amola’o
Machete puertorriqueño
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Lourdes' song Paloma Urbana from her CD Selections from Tres Oraciones is nominated for the 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Award.
JUST ANNOUNCED: PALOMA URBANA NAMED 'BEST LATIN SONG'
Considered by many to be "among the great Latin American female vocalists" and songwriters, Puerto Rican-born Lourdes Perez has performed duets with numerous legendary and diverse artists, from Argentinean singer Mercedes Sosa and Mexican master decimista Guillermo Velazquez to Canadian pop artist Jane Siberry. Highly acclaimed internationally for her "ability to transcend language...with her achingly beautiful contralto voice," she is a humble and fiercely independent artist who has devoted her work for many years to promoting human rights around the globe. Lourdes is one of 1000 performers in the world profiled in the 2000 Music Hound World Essential Album Guide (where her second CD, Vestigios, was given 4 1/2 stars) and she is featured in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States (Oxford Press, 2005). ... click on "Biography" (right) to learn more
"transcends language...she lends an unwavering authenticity to her music reminiscent of legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf"
- VANCOUVER COURIER, CANADA
"you might even find tears streaming down your face at the clear calm strength of her voice...her imagery is startlingly beautiful..."
- CURVE MAGAZINE
"With her beautiful voice of thick smoke and clear honey, Lourdes Perez leaves deep footprints that we will remember forever."
- ‡GLORIA ANZALDUA, author of Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and co-editor of This Bridge Called My Back
"There are treasures in life that are worth more than all of the coffers in the world. That moment (when I heard Lourdes sing) was worth more than all of the money that Rockefeller and his entourage may have..."
- RAFAEL CANCEL MIRANDA, Puerto Rican nationalist, writer and historian
to see more reviews, click on "REVIEWS" (right)
WATCH the full-length feature film: Adonde Fue Juan Jose: http://www.archive.org/stream/a_donde_fue_juan_jose_2ndtry/adondefuejuanjose_256kb.mp4
Original soundtrack by Lourdes Perez and Annette D'Armata Candela
HEAR LOURDES LIVE ON KUT RADIO:
http://komodo.utsystem.edu/med/bperez/practice/LiveonKUT.ppt
EYE ON LEBANON, PALESTINE, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN:
Attacks continue on Rafah: http://rafah.virtualactivism.net/news/todaymain.htm
http://www.counterpunch.org/
http://www.democracynow.org
Torture/detentions: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/07/28/usdom13878.htm
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