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Irene
Farrera
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Caressing
tenderness, urgency and hope--- these fill Farrera's original compositions.
She sings in a voice like fine chocolate--- both in Spanish and English,.
"Many people tell me that my music is passionate. I like  to
think it's from the heart, that it awakens those places in you that feel
strongly about life and love. Irene Farerra's earliest memories of Venezuela
are full of song and dancing feet. By the time she was six she insisted
on organizing her brother and three sisters into a band to perform for
the family. Impressed, their father bought a drum for the brother, maracas
for the sisters, and presented Irene with a cuatro, a Venezuelan four-stringed
guitar. The instrument became her constant companion. "It's not that music
breaks geographic borders," she adds. "It simply demonstrates that they
don't exist; they're imaginary lines drawn to divide us. I need to perform
my music as a Latina and as a woman, to represent my culture con pasion-
to bring us all together. I think we are ready for it." "Farrera's voice haunts with power and passion, yet is no stranger to vulnerability. It's a voice you won't forget." - Sing Out! Magazine |
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