Clara Sanabras performing live at Canning House on Wednesday 28 March. Clara Sanabras is an Anglo-Spanish-French chanteuse, guitarist and songwriter. She is quite the cosmopolitan artist; born in France, raised in Barcelona, then transferring to the metropolis of London -- no wonder she is such a versatile musician. Her repertoire of international ensembles she has toured and recorded with is as expansive as it is impressive: The Harp Consort, Theatre of Voices, The Dufay Collective, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Israel Camerata, Charivari Agréable. This represents her reputation as a multi-talented instrumentalist; Sanabras can understand and reorder the arrangements to her preference. Clara Sanabras manages to bring a unique twist to the traditional folk sound -- her well-stamped passport has helped her add a continental twist to the classic blues. It is her spellbinding voice, exploratory melodies and multi-lingual lyrics -- that's Spanish, French and Catalan add! itions to the English base. The performance at Canning House was predominantly the early work from her 'Songs of Spanish Exile' project; discovering music from the exiles of Franco and the 15th Century -- so this performance on Wednesday 28 March, was mostly in Spanish and Catalan. It is her more jazz-influenced tracks where her second-tongue of English comes through in the lyrics -- she loves London for the cultural mix it offers. Her sound and lyrics are as multicultural and multifaceted as her
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