Alejandra Ribera Singer

Alejandra Ribera is an emerging artist starting to attract some serious attention and when you catch her show, it’s easy to see why. She has international musical roots and uses unconventional banter to lead you from aching jazz ballads to Mexican folk tunes, and back to her original alt-pop. Her wildly bizarre vocal range and eclectic writing style have led to comparisons stretching from Edith Piaf to Tom Waits to Joan Armatrading.Woven throughout her sophisticated melodies are unrepentant lyrics conveying a yearning that take you off guard.

She comes by the passion honestly; born to an Argentine waiter, a Scottish actress and raised in the heart of Toronto’s gay village, alejandra ribera's journey, much like her music, is spiced with vagabond adventures and lyrical love stories. Growing up, alejandra studied violin, viola and classical choral music. As a teenager her habit of sneaking into cabaret bars and her obsession with greats such as Mercedes Sosa, Odetta and Jimmy Scott began to shape the distinctly unique vocal style she would later apply to her own compositions. After abandoning York University’s Vocal Jazz program after only four days, she headed off to Europe to study energy healing. “Yeah, I dropped out of school to study with a witch doctor in the mountains of Slovakia … it seemed like a good idea at the time… ” she chuckles, “but this is where it lead me, so I think it was an important detour.” Unable to deny the call of music she returned to Canada, this time to build her career as a gifted singer/songwriter.

Alejandra's debut album NAVIGATOR NAVIGATEHER is available at the Cameron House where she plays with her band every Tuesday at 10pm.

www.myspace.com/alejandraribera

2009/10 Concerts
Abbey Road