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Thread #105189   Message #2162346
Posted By: Azizi
02-Oct-07 - 06:28 PM
Thread Name: Chavez Promotes Venezuelan Folk Music
Subject: RE: Chavez Promotes Venezuelan Folk Music
Thanks for that information, bankley.

I couldn't get your URL to work, so I googled the name Soraya Benitez and that led me to this website:   
http://www.bros.ca/bros/esbenitez.htm

Here's the summary information about this artist:
Soraya Benetiz
"Born in Venezuela and established in Quebec a few years ago, Soraya Benitez humbly started her career by singing in the subways of Montreal. Her powerful voice, sometimes compared to Argentinean legend Mercedes Sosa, attracts the production team from Radio-Canada's "C'est bien meilleur le matin". She has since then found success by playing many times on SRC and Radio-Québec and by touring with Richard Desjardins.

Known in Venezuela as being the star of the ever-popular opera "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", she has the sensitivity and talent to become one of the most prominent singers on the Latin world music scene, joining the ranks of such divas as Cesaria Evora, Mercedes Sosa and Virginia Rodriguez. A must in every collection!"

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While I was on that website, I checked out who The Bros are. Here's what I found:

About Us

Montreal based Productions Bros inc. (as in Brothers) is one of the main companies on the Canadian Blues scene.
They are managing, booking, recording and distributing some of the best Canadian talents as : Nanette Workman, The Stephen Barry Band, Steve Hill, Bob Walsh, Mike Goudreau & Boppin Blues Band, the late lamented Vann "piano man" Walls, and Charles Wizen on the jazz scene.

Bros now also welcomes important artists of the Latin music scene : Soraya Benitez, La Velha Guarda da Mangueira, Celso Fonseca and Ronaldo Bastos, etc"..


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Soraya Benitez' official website has a sound clip:

http://www.sorayabenitez.com/

Her voice is deep & vibrant. Wonderful!