Jaramar

Jaramar
Jaramar
	Masters of World Music
Background information
Born	August 3, 1954 (age 70)
Origin	Mexico City, Mexico
Genres	World Music
Labels	Intolerancia
Website	Web Page

Jaramar Soto is a Mexican traditional singer, songwriter and painter.

Biography

From the age of 10 years Jaramar studied singing with various music teachers, and in 1966 entered the Mexican–American Cultural Exchange Institute in San Antonio, Texas. On her return to Mexico she entered the Mexican Academy of Dance, and also studied dance at the Academy of Coyoacán. Between 1972 and 1976, she studied Textile and Apparel Design in Rome at the Academia di Costume e di Moda and in Paris at the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale of Couture Parisienne.

Since her return to Mexico, and until 1983, she worked in the area of clothing and textile design. Her professional activity is divided between her performance as a singer and her ongoing work in drawing, painting and sculpture.

Since 1978 she has lived in the city of Guadalajara. In 1990 she started a research project, recreation and music search which has been presented in different forums by Mexico and Europe.

Discography

1992 Entre la pena y el gozo
1995 Fingir que duermo
1997 Si yo nunca muriera
1998 Lenguas
1999 A flor de tierra
2002 Nadie creera en incendio
2002 Journey (1992–2002)
2004 Duerme por la noche oscura
2006 Que mis labios te nombren
2008 Diluvio
2010 Ruta de viaje hacia un diluvio (DVD)
2011 Fiestas privadas
2013 Rosa de los vientos (compilation)
2015 El hilo invisible, cantos sefaradíes, con el Cuarteto Latinoamericano (*Latin Grammy winner 2016, for best music classical album
2015 Wait for the rain, con su trio de jazz Caída Libre
2017 Sueños

References

Jaramar Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine Jaramar on rock.com.mx
Jaramar - Your Gateway to the World of Music Archived 2011-11-27 at the Wayback Machine Jaramar on World Music Central
Jaramar's Otherworldly Singing Is Transporting Los Angeles Times
Singer Jaramar Soto^{[permanent dead link]} Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

External links