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Lhasa — The Living Road

After being the World Music 'It Girl' five years ago, Montreal-based Lhasa De Sela is back with her second album. Lhasa sings in English to make all us Anglo bastards happy, French because she lives in Montreal and Spanish because of her Mexican background. The liner notes for the album have most of the lyrics translated into all three languages....
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 5, 2011

City And Colour's Dallas Green and Shad will release a collaborative EP, Two Songs, on Jan. 11. It features, yes, two songs: a new track and a remix. You can preorder it here and here. All the proceeds will be donated to Skate4Cancer. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will hit the road with Surfer Blood this spring. Trail Of Dead will...
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Ten Reasons Why Lhasa Was Cool

Singer/songwriter Lhasa De Sela died of breast cancer on Saturday (Jan. 1) night. De Sela, 37, who was known professionally by her first name, passed away at her home after a 21-month struggle with breast cancer. Her most recent album was 2009's Polaris Music Prize long listed Lhasa. Rather than dwell on the negativity of this woman's passing...
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Polaris Short Listers Suggest Future Nominees

"I call bullshit!" Chad VanGaalen shouted from the stage just after he pieced together that Leonard Cohen, who turned 75 that day, didn't make it to the short-list at Monday night's Polaris Music Prize gala. Cohen's Live In London double CD/DVD package made this year's Polaris Music Prize long list and was a bit of a contentious pick...
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Pumping: Lhasa — Lhasa

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In case you aren't famiiar with her, here's what you need to know about Lhasa. After dabbling in world music on her first two releases, she's put out her first album in English. It sounds like Feist, except it's less interesting, unfortunately. This is a snooze.
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Lhasa's Back On April 21

It's taken Montreal's Lhasa De Sela six years to come up with a new album, but she still couldn't think of a title aside from her first name for the disc that'll hit Canadian stores on April 21 via Audiogram. De Sela wrote and produced her third album herself, mostly live and entirely to tape, at Montreal's Hotel2Tango studio between December...
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Lhasa To Make La Return

Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre will play host to an evening with Lhasa de Sela, the Montreal-born artist who gained international acclaim with her debut album back in 1997. Many artists push themselves so hard that they eventually burn out. For some, it's that first exhaustive push after a successful debut album. For others, it's just the...
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