What is Lhasa de Sela?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Lhasa de Sela | image = Lhasa de Sela 29r.jpg | alt = | caption = Lhasa in Stuttgart in July 2005 | image_size = | background = solo_singer | alias = Lhasa | birth_date = {{Birth date|1972|9|27}} | birth_place = [[Big Indian, New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2010|1|1|1972|9|27}} | death_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada | instrument = Vocals | genre = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[World music|World]] | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1985–2009 | label = [[Audiogram (label)|Audiogram]] | website = {{URL|lhasadesela.com}} }} '''Lhasa de Sela''' (September 27, 1972 – January 1, 2010) was an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. Her first album, ''[[La Llorona (Lhasa de Sela album)|La Llorona]]'' won a [[Félix Award]] and a [[Juno Award]]. Lhasa recorded a third album, titled ''[[Lhasa (album)|Lhasa]]'', but she was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]] in 2009 around the time it was released. She died from the disease on January 1, 2010 in [[Montreal]], aged 37.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/arts/music/08lhasa.html|title=Lhasa de Sela, Singer and Songwriter, Dies at 37|last=Keepnews|first=Peter|date=January 7, 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 29, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:de Sela, Lhasa}} [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:2010 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from breast cancer]] [[Category:American folk singers]] [[Category:Singer-songwriters from New York (state)]] [[Category:Canadian singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Canada]] {{US-bio-stub}}