Chabuca granada biography of william hill

The Peruvian singer and songwriter Isabel Granda Larco (1920-1983), known as Chabuca Granda, was an icon of popular music in her country although, unlike other South American vocal stars, she never sought stardom in the United States and has remained little known among English-speaking music listeners.

Chabuca Granda's voice, a powerful low contralto combining nostalgia with a hint of a weary groan, was inimitable.

She began her career singing in the traditional Peruvian folk style known as Creole music, but she had a command of rhythm that would have been at home in American jazz, and later in life she served as a primary inspiration for Susana Baca and the other singers who brought Afro-Peruvian music to international prominence.

She sometimes said she had the voice of a dog, but with swing. Granda was also unusual among Latin American female performers in that she wrote much of her own material. Several of Granda's songs, such as “Fina Estampa,” are regarded