Perla Batalla

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If It Be Your Will

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Released: Jan 1, 2005

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If It Be Your Will
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Hallelujah
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Gracias a la Vida
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Cucurrucucu Paloma
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The First Time I Felt Rain
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General Info

Genre: Folk Rock / Jazz / Latin
Location Ventura County, California, US
Profile Views: 87411
Last Login: 8/11/2010
Member Since 11/27/2006
Website perla.com
Record Label Mechuda Music/ Discmedi Spain
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Bio
Grammy nominated vocalist, composer and arranger Perla Batalla was born in Los Angeles, CA. Her father was a musician and her mother ran a popular record store Discoteca Batalla, which catered to the Spanish speaking neighborhoods of the westside. She first gained international attention as a backup singer for Leonard Cohen. In 1994 the legendary Jac Holzman signed Perla to her first major deal on the Warner/Discovery label. Being the rebel she is, in the year 1999 Perla started her own label and won "Best Indie Release of the Year" from Amazon.com for her "Mestiza" song cycle she wrote with David Batteau. Soon after..... blah,blah, blah, blah.... to this day Perla tours regularly around the world singing songs she loves with great musicians...her best days are spent hanging out with people she adores (like husband Claud Mann and genius daughter Eva), eating great food, and drinking good red wine. ...... ..Perla Batalla sings "Suzanne" live in Spain.. ........ .. .. .. .. ....
Members
.. .. .. ........ .. ..Perla Batalla...... ... ..with:...... Karen Hammack, Debra Dobkin, Gilberto Gonzalez, Todd Robinson, Michael Velasquez, Charles Frichtel, Ken Eros
Influences
Perla Batalla influences: Miles Davis, Javier Solis, Jorge Drexler, Carlos Gardel, Mercedes Sosa, Patsy Cline, Lola Beltran, Chavela Vargas, Neruda, Lorca, Whitman, Borges, Bukowski, Hal Willner, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers.... Deeply grateful to David Batteau for sharing his great gift of songwriting with me. I have sung with and been further influenced by these icons; Leonard Cohen, Jackson Browne, Michael McDonald, John Cale, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Bill Frisell, Martha Gonzalez, Luz Casal, Kiko Veneno, Javier Colis, Howard Tate, Dave Alvin, Linda Thompson, Son de la Frontera, The Handsome Family, Dave Palmer, Greg Leisz, Bob Glaub, Michael Elizondo Jr, Abe Laboriel Jr., Sonny Rollins, Julie Christensen, Martha Wainwright, k.d. lang, Robben Ford, the Gypsy Kings, Was (not was), Iggy Pop, Quincy Troupe, Denise Chavez, Bugs Salcedo and everyone I have met and am yet to meet in my life...
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