Street Musician Yva Las Vegas - Repost

This repost has a higher quality video image than the original--thanks again Victor.

I came across this street musician in August of 2001 playing in the Public Market in Seattle, WA. If I recall she said she was from Peru. She performed with passion. At the end of this song she was surprised that a man from the crowd had been singing the chorus with her. It turned out he was also from Peru. If anyone knows who this performer is please let me know so I can add her name here. Also let me know if you know the name of this song.

UPDATE:
According to http://www.youtube.com/user/TheTroubadourShow,

"This performers name is Eva Las Vegas (I'm not sure if I spelled it right or not, it my be with a Yva). She's great. I'm not sure where she is now but sang with Children of the Revolution for a while, a Seattle based World Music group."

Thanks TheTroubadourShow!

UPDATE:
According to http://www.youtube.com/user/MikeFrontado

This is "a traditional folk song from the east-center of Venezuela, and it's commonly called "corrío""

So the caption I have in the video calling this a traditional Andean song is incorrect.

Thanks MikeFrontado

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[KindKeith]

She actually spells her name Yva Las Vegass and she has a web presence.

[guidotnb]

Thanks. Message me the link if you have it.

[MikeFrontado]

Well, I'd like to clarify the fact that the song Yva is singing is not an Andean song,as the caption of the video says. that is a traditional folk song from the east-center of Venezuela, and it's commonly called "corrío" and I doubt that there'd be a possible translation in English

[guidotnb]

Thanks for the information. I will update the description.

[JoePesci3]

shes Yva Las Vegas. I started listening to her because she was a member of Sweet 75 with Nivarna bassist Krist Novoselic in 1997. they were going to produce another album in 2000 but didn't in the end because of "musical differences". There first album is really good though, you could get it on Amazon or something. Its self-titled.

[guidotnb]

Thanks for the information. It is appreciated.

[EEHUGO]

The song is called "La Concha" or "The seashell" and it is a Venezuelan song, here is an old version:

/watch?v=-xxTMW7GwpA

[marimbadearco]

Just to confirm that she is Venezuelan, playing a cuatro, and the form of music is a corrío, which comes from the verb "correr", to run, so the name kind of refers to how the verses flow one after another: justa s Mexican corrido has one verse after another without a chorus to break things up.

Venezuela presente en todas partes! (Venez. everywhere!)

[SingChild71]

Las Vegass!!!!  ♥

[appollomsassy]

She is an amazingly underrated female voice.

[Sitagawa]

her stage name Yva Las Vegass. she IS from Venezuela :3 shes on my face book hehe and shes amazing <3

[ELPONQUECITO]

i love iva

[rastajage]

na guara dios mio lo que hay que hacer pa lograr algo de fama....la tipa le hecha bola....LA PRIMERA VEZ QUE SUPE DE ALLA FUE POR UNA AMIGA AQUI EN VENEZUELA QUE LE TIENE UN APRECIO BURDA. PA LANTE YVA

[cachapa63]

I live in Brooklyn now.

Yva

[cachapa63]

thanks for the props

love

Yva