October 15, 2006 at All Souls at Sundown:

Claudia Acuña, vocalist

and the poetry of Pablo Neruda

A “fiery chanteuse” whose music is “intoxicatingly beautiful” (Jazz Times), Chilean-born vocalist Claudia Acuña made her mark on the jazz world in Santiago before coming to the U.S. in her early 20s. She has since recorded three acclaimed albums: Word from the South (2000), To My Country (2003), and Luna (2004).

“ Acuña’s voice is an instrument of wonder... [she] is a natural, blessed with a gorgeous, honey-rich sound and an unerring sense of phrasing.”

— Los Angeles Times

“ Her voice, capable of producing sultry chest tones and silvery highs, was showcased in a variety of English-Spanish contexts, including some that consistently revealed her spot-on intonation and delightful harmonic finesse.”

— The Washington Post

One of the most influential poets of the Twentieth Century, Pablo Neruda won the Nobel Prize in 1971. The delights of his poetry—earthy, sensual, and transcendent—emerge in the recent collection Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon.