By D. Misha Turner

Remember an instance when as a passerby you hear a piece of music that instantaneously enraptures your soul.  Time is suspended as the notes course through your ears, and you are left spellbound by the artists’ craft.  This is such a moment you might experience during a listen to Buika’s “Mi Niña Lola” (Casa Limó/Warner Music Latina).

Poised for notoriety within the world/jazz genre (think Seu Jorge, Lura) Buika’s sophomoric release encases all the passions of the Afro-Spanish culture and its people. Each acoustic track on “Mi Niña Lola” is intimately presented, infused with tasty remnants of Flamenco, neo-soul, and jazz. It is as if Buika is a conduit between the Afro-Spanish tradition and the progressive new wave of multicultural music collaborations.

Buika (pronounced BWEE-kah), born María Concepción Balboa Buika on the Island of Mallorca, is the daughter of Equatorial Guinean parents who fled the country to Spain as political exiles, began her singing career at the age of 17 at the prompting of her aunt. Buika proudly proclaims: “I am African and an African does not have training,” that music is life, and the role of artists is to be true to the art.  Concha Buika, as she is also known, is a fresh voice with feet firmly grounded in cultural identity – one whom you should give an ear to.


Explore more about Buika:
www.buika.net
“Buika, song behind ideas” interview by Xavier Valiño
Bukia on YouTube">

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