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...
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.....
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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.
HI Perla, Sounds good! Thanks for befriending me and Paint It Black. Hope you like it. Wish you success and inspiration with your music, and many delights. all best, Janet F.
Every time that we listen & write music... play an instrument... dance... act in a play... or work in some audio/image/video engineering process... something is healing inside...
When we share it with friends... something is healing all over...
cada vez que escuchamos o escribimos musica... tocamos un instrumento... bailamos... o trabajamos en procesos de ingenieria de audio/imagen/video.... algo se sana por dentro...
Cuando lo compartimos con amigos... algo se sana en todas partes...
El Amor puede conducir... de manera simple... todo...
Thanks for the add!
we are looking for root music groups for our festival VOX MUNDI FESTIVAL in Tuscany, Italy.
Especially flamenco, tango and fado!
Please get in touch if you can be interested,
Carla Baldini - art director VOX MUNDI FESTIVAL
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That's what we mother's do... to "enhance" our children's lives...to just being good people...ALL WE DO... I know you have inspired your own daughter... good parenting!!! Brava back at you, Perla!!!! And yes, the ARTS soooo important to them!!! A ture inspiration to your daughter... and sometimes as teens you don't know it... but you find out later how much you did inspire... being I have a 15 year old and 31 year old daughter... xoxoxo I know your a wonderful mother... your daughter blessed...xo How old is she again? Love, Deb xoxo :)
Thanks for the add, and welcome aboard the Redline ship. Looking forward to sharing our journey ahead with you. We will also be checking out where you are going often. Take Care, and thanks again.
