Susana Baca - Live at WOMAD 2023 (Live at WOMAD 2023) (2025) [Hi-Res]

Susana Baca and her band delivered a standout performance at the WOMAD Festival on July 28, 2023. This hour-long, 11-song set is scheduled for release on November 21, 2025, as the new digital-only album, Live at WOMAD 2023, on Real World Records. The setlist spans her celebrated career, featuring tracks like Molino Molero from her debut album, Latinoamérica (a collaboration with Calle 13), and songs from her critically acclaimed album Palabras Urgentes. Susana Baca is an icon of Afro-Peruvian music, whose career has always been grounded in her commitment to community service, including her roles as a teacher and politician. Her music, including the WOMAD performance, is noted for combining beauty with urgent lyrics, showcasing a "masterclass in understated power" with a social conscience and desire to speak truth to power. Baca describes these songs as weaving deep roots with "urgent words, of hope and condemnation."
Tracklist:
1-1 Susana Baca - Golpe E' Tierra (Live at WOMAD 2023) [6:04]
1-2 Susana Baca - Molino Molero (Live at WOMAD 2023) [4:18]
1-3 Susana Baca - Por Tu Ventana Dormida (Live at WOMAD 2023) [4:30]
1-4 Susana Baca - La Herida Oscura (Live at WOMAD 2023) [4:20]
1-5 Susana Baca - Hasta La Raíz (Live at WOMAD 2023) [5:25]
1-6 Susana Baca - Juana Azurduy / Latinoamérica (Live at WOMAD 2023) [4:51]
1-7 Susana Baca - Negra Presuntuosa (Live at WOMAD 2023) [6:15]
1-8 Susana Baca - Cariño (Live at WOMAD 2023) [4:59]
1-9 Susana Baca - Toro Mata (Live at WOMAD 2023) [5:09]
1-10 Susana Baca - Sorongo (Live at WOMAD 2023) [3:27]
1-11 Susana Baca - Caras Lindas (Live at WOMAD 2023) [7:55]