{"product_id":"why-lhasa-de-sela-matters-9781477319628","title":"Why Lhasa de Sela Matters","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn artist in every sense of the word, Lhasa de Sela wowed audiences around the globe with her multilingual songs and spellbinding performances, mixing together everything from Gypsy music to Mexican \u003ci\u003erancheras\u003c\/i\u003e, Americana and jazz, \u003ci\u003echanson française\u003c\/i\u003e, and South American folk melodies. In Canada, her album \u003ci\u003eLa Llorona\u003c\/i\u003e won the Juno Award and went gold, and its follow-up, \u003ci\u003eThe Living Road\u003c\/i\u003e, won a BBC World Music Award. Tragically, de Sela succumbed to breast cancer in 2010 at the age of thirty-seven after recording her final album, \u003ci\u003eLhasa\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing de Sela's unconventional life and introducing her to a new generation, \u003ci\u003eWhy Lhasa de Sela Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is the first biography of this sophisticated creative icon. Raised in a hippie family traveling between the United States and Mexico in a converted school bus, de Sela developed an unquenchable curiosity, with equal affinities for the romantic, mystic, and cerebral. Becoming a sensation in Montreal and Europe, the trilingual singer rejected a conventional path to fame, joining her sisters' circus troupe in France. Revealing the details of these and other experiences that inspired de Sela to write such vibrant, otherworldly music, \u003ci\u003eWhy Lhasa de Sela Matters\u003c\/i\u003e sings with the spirit of this gifted firebrand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFred Goodman is a former editor at \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e whose work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and many magazines. His previous books include the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Mansion on the Hill: Dylan, Young, Geffen, Springsteen, and the Head-on Collision of Rock and Commerce\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50338040381714,"sku":"9781477319628","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_630b7a2e-0844-4a0f-aa5e-b222d95d0297.jpg?v=1727974805","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/why-lhasa-de-sela-matters-9781477319628","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}