Tuesday, September 13, 2016

YMA SUMAC: Exotica Queen

This would be Yma Sumac's 94th birthday.  The Peruvian singer is known as the queen of "exotica" and she had a vocal range of five octaves. She sang in deep growls to high pitched notes even whistled like birds.  Enjoy 2 of her tunes below by clicking the name of each song:

Chuncho
Tumpa


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