Queralt Lahoz (born 17 November 1991) is a Spanish singer who mixes flamenco tradition and hip-hop music with poetry and a vindictive message.[1]
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| Born | 17 November 1991 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Catalonia, Spain |
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Early life edit
Lahoz is the daughter of a migrant family from Guadix, she learned to speak by singing in the ear of her grandmother Maria, who asked her to sing coplas, flamenco and boleros at home, while her mother made her listen to Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and Janis Joplin.[2]
Career edit
In 2019, Lahoz released her first recording, 1917, a five-song EP dedicated to the women who have been a source of inspiration in her life, giving voice to their stories of courage and overcoming, and which to present at La Nau in Barcelona,[3] at Es Claustre and at Mercat de Música Viva de Vic, "exciting with pain and also with celebration".[4] After her first studio album, Pureza (2021), Lahoz went on a tour of more than eighty shows throughout the Iberian Peninsula that continued the following year by adding international concerts in Europe and the United States.[5] In 2023, she was one of seven winners of the Music Moves Europe Award that honor emerging artists. In the same year she performed at the Gaudí Awards gala with Canción del fuego fatuo, by Manuel de Falla, alongside the Franz Schubert Philharmonia orchestra.[5]
Musical style edit
On the stylistic side, Lahoz considers La Niña de los Peines, Gata Cattana, Wu-Tang Clan and Enrique Morente as her main influences.[6][4]
Discography edit
Studio albums edit
- Pureza (Say It Loud Records, 2021)
Extended plays edit
- 1917 (EP, Say It Loud Records, 2019)
References edit
- ^ Cervantes, Xavier (September 12, 2020). "Queralt Lahoz, una veu de veritat a la terra de les mil músiques". Ara. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ Longarón, Mariona (August 19, 2020). "Una tarda amb Queralt Lahoz". Núvol. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ "Rumbo a las estrellas" (in Spanish). MondoSonoro. February 22, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ a b Martín, Helena (January 9, 2020). "Per dir banalitats ja hi ha altres persones, però jo no". Enderrock. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "Queralt Lahoz conquista Europa amb un primer disc i una carrera meteòrica". 324.cat (in Catalan). January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
- ^ Iborra, Yeray S. (February 19, 2020). "La inspiración no es la copia, es el manantial" (in Spanish). MondoSonoro. Retrieved October 27, 2020.