Reviews
According to several important critics Baca is more than just an Afro-Peruvian diva. Michael Heumann from Stylus Magazine"says: "Maria Lando put Susana Baca on the world music map. Since then, she has released a number of very popular albums, most on Luaka Bop, and all of incredibly high quality."
Timothy G. Merello from "PopMatters" says - about her performance in Old Town School of Folk Music — Chicago: "Susana Baca, more than just a singer, is a poet, a historian, a spelunker and explorer of Afro-Peruvian folklore and music she and her band entertain, educate and entrance a sold out crowd with a musical melange of rhythms, melodies, beats, and dance."
While Deanne Sole, also from "PopMatters", says - about Baca's 2009 album Seis Poemas (Six Poems): "After watching Peruvian singer Susana Baca perform on an open stage in burning heat with malfunctioning equipment, one can’t help but respect Baca not only as a voice but as a performer, as a person Seis Poemas, a small album but a charming one."
With her husband, Bolivian Ricardo Pereyra, Baca founded the Instituto Negrocontinuo (Black Continuum Institute) in her seafront home in Chorrillos. It fosters the collection, preservation, and creation of Afro-Peruvian culture, music, and dance.
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