Peruvians and fans of Criollo and Afro-Peruvian music can commemorate the music icon’s 100th birthday by watching the Chabuca Granda musical online. Who was Chabuca Granda? Born MarÃa Isabel Granda Larco, on September 3, 1920 , Chabuca is remembered as a great performer and composer of Criollo music. Later in her career, the performer would create quite a stir when she began taking influence from Afro-Peruvian rhythms, a style not yet accepted by the ´high-class´ scene in Lima. A native of Apurimac , a copper-driven region in southern-central Peru, Chabuca and her family migrated to Lima when she was a young girl. Reportedly, she began singing at the tender age of twelve , whereby she was named vice-president of her school’s choir group. Her distinctively deep voice set the singer apart, however she did not gain an immediate fan base. Some credit her divorce, a scandalous event for the conservative Lima of this time, as a promotional plus for making her known. Perhaps her most fa...
