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Renata Flores in conversation with Katherine Subirana

Global Quechua

Arequipa 2020, 

Emphatically contemporary music in Quechua, incorporating both global and Peruvian rhythms. This is the style of Renata Flores, a singer from Huamanga, Peru. Singing in Quechua, his music is rooted in Afro-Peruvian, soul, Andean, hip-hop, pop and Latin trap. In 2015 he recorded a Quechua version of The Way You Make Me Feel, by Michael Jackson, which became a hit. This cover was followed by others of Roxanne (The Police), Fallin’ (Alicia Keys) and Earth Song (Michael Jackson). Since 2018 he has been writing his own compositions. In conversation with Katherine Subirana, journast of El Comercio.

Renata Flores in conversation with Katherine Subirana