NEA Heritage Fellow Suni Paz Sings For Children And The Have-Nots
One of the first artists to introduce North American audiences to her style of Latin American music, the folk singer was named a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow.
by Mandalit del Barco
Nov 25, 2020
3 minutes
When she moved to the U.S. from Argentina in 1967, Elsa Calandrelli gave herself a stage name in Quechua, the indigenous language of the Andes: Suni Paz, which means "lasting peace." That's because, she says, lasting peace is what she wants for the world. The 85-year-old singer and songwriter has dedicated herself to singing for and about indigenous and working-class people, and children of all backgrounds.
For half a century, Paz has performed socially conscious music and traditional children's songs in Spanish. She's been an unsung hero of
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