De Musica Ligera: Juana Molina

"Imagine if Tina Fey quit comedy and sang electronics-based folk songs." This was the description recently given by Rolling Stone to Argentina's Juana Molina. Don't let her comic background fool you, however. The critically acclaimed singer's voice resonates in such songs as "Un Dia" and "No es tan cierto." As the Boston Herald described her:

Molina’s unique sound is more than a one-note thing these days. Yet the same sensibility that drew her to her grandmother’s empty elevator continues to inform her dreamlike music decades later. It permeates the otherworldly, trance-inducing rhythms of her new CD, “Un Dia,” that enfold her sweetly melodic songs and Spanish lyrics.

The comedienne-turned-songstress will end her U.S. tour this weekend with performances in Virginia and Philadelphia. She is as delightful live as she is recorded and is well-worth seeing.

Here are some of her songs in case you missed her live or you're interested in what her music is all about:

• Juana Molina - Un Dia
• Juana Molina - Micael
• Juana Molina - La Verdad
• Juana Molina - En los días de humedad
  

Online Sources- Brooklyn Vegan, Juana Molina (English site), Rolling Stone, Boston Herald, YouSendIt
Image- NPR