Monday 10 September 2012

Exotic excess



It would have been the 90th birthday this week of Miss Yma Sumac, "Songbird of the Andes" and possessor of one of the strangest vocal styles ever. She had a five-octave range of operatic quality, and certainly liked to show off every octave in practically every song!

On this Tacky Music Monday, here's just one - it's Chuncho, with an accompanying video of suitably incomprehensible variety. Miss Sumac appears bewildered in some exotic green wilderness...


As always, enjoy!

Yma Sumac (13th September 1922 - 1st November 2008)

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