Lhasa de Sela - Anyone and Everyone.

Lhasa de Sela was a true one-off. A tri-lingual singer, whose startlingly original music earned her a subtanstial cult following, and comparisons with the likes of Tom Waits, Edith Piaf, and Nick Cave,

She drew on sources as diverse as Mexican ranchera, French chanson and Gypsy folk as well as alt. rock, country, gospel and blues, and her music and songs reflected upbringing. At the age of seven the family were on the road, living in a converted school bus, a nomadic hippie lifestyle that took them back and forth across the United States and Mexico for around seven years. The children were home-schooled, without TV, but with plenty of books that fuelled their imaginations.

I have just discovered her songs last night, a month after her death, and I feel just like I did when I first heard Nick Drake.

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[TheBitterWeed]

RIP Charlie Gillet...his show is where I found her music....

[BeautifulGirlByDana]

TheBitterWeed 5/5 ★s

[TheBitterWeed]

Thank you. I heard this last night on Charlie Gillet's show and couldn't believe my ears; went straight out this morning and got it.

[TerryCraig23]

Yes, when I heard Love Came Here for the first time, I immediately thought of Tom Waits. Nick Cave, too, especially in songs like this one. And Edith Piaf obviously inspired her singing style. Lhasa is beautiful and she will live on in her music

[oglioko]

R.I.P and Love.

[StevenKellyBelly]

@shalomamigos Neptune

[shalomamigos]

In what way is she compared with Tom Waits, Edith Piaf, and Nick Cave? I'm curious because I like them all a lot.

[BeautifulGirlByDana]

Agreed - and its very hip for sure !