Luthea Salom
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Luthea Salom is a multi-cultured & bilingual indie folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
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originally from Spain and Canada based in New York City
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. She has released three albums and has been invited to perform on many Spanish National TV shows broadcast on RTVE
RTVE
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, EITB, TV3
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 and Canal 33 as well as Canal Nou, BTV, 25TV, L'H TV, La Otra
La Otra
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, Telemadrid
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 among others, and also on Spanish National Radio Stations including RNE: Radio 3, Radio 4, REE
Ree
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; Onda Cero
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, COM Radio, Cadena Ser
Cadena SER
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, Catalunya Radio
Catalunya Ràdio
Catalunya Ràdio is Catalonia's public radio network. It's part of Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals, owned by the Generalitat de Catalunya...

, ICat FM and RAC 1
RAC 1
RAC 1 is the main Catalan language private radio station. It is mainly owned by media group Godó and is based in Barcelona. It has a sister radio station, RAC 105, dedicated to chart music....

.

History

Luthea Salom was born in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Spain
Spain
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. Her parents emigrated to Fredericton, Canada
Canada
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, when Luthea was a baby. They lived there for several years before returning to their home town in Spain
Spain
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 where they opened an Art gallery. Luthea started performing and writing music at the age of 13 and she soon appeared in several festivals around Spain. As a teenager she moved to London
London
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 where she joined several local bands as a guitar player and backing vocalist. In 1999 she recorded a demo with her original songs and was soon spotted by the Ex- Apple Records
Apple Records
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 (Spain) AR, Frank Andrada, who signed her to his independent label.

Luthea Salom's first two CD's were produced by Grammy Award Winning producer Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician. In 2001, he won a Grammy Award with Jim Watts and Emmylou Harris for his work on Harris's Red Dirt Girl. -Biography:...

 , leading to more than 200,000 visits on her MySpace
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 page by 2009.

After opening for such acts as Norah Jones and Alanis Morissette she came out with her first album Out and WIthout. After the release she was invited to open for Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...

 for a Benefit Concert held in Deep River, Ottawa
Ottawa
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 (Canada) in 2003. Her second album Sunbeam Surrounded by Winter was on the Grammy Awards 2008 Ballot for 9 categories including Best New Artist and Album of the Year. National Spanish Television said, "Inspiring, original and with a great sense of style are just some of the adjectives that the media has dedicated to Luthea Salom...Luthea’s folk songs are touched by a very colorful pop, at times sentimental and acoustic. This is the best way to describe songs like “Like A River”, which shows the talent of this singer, an artist who stands out in her genre due to her optimism."

In 2010 Luthea was made an endorsee by Ovation Guitars, Sonor
SONOR
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 and Kala Brand Music Co. in the USA and worldwide.

In June 2011 Luthea Salom won the Myspace 'Crank Your Cred' award by International Songwriting Competition
International Songwriting Competition
The International Songwriting Competition is an annual song contest based in Nashville, TN, whose mission is to provide the opportunity for both aspiring and established songwriters to have their songs heard in a professional, international arena. ISC is designed to nurture the musical talent of...

 for the month of June, 2011, with her song "Blank Piece of Paper" entered in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter and Music Video categories.

2001: Out Of Without

Luthea Salom met up for the first time with Grammy Award Winning producer Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician. In 2001, he won a Grammy Award with Jim Watts and Emmylou Harris for his work on Harris's Red Dirt Girl. -Biography:...

 in his Clouet Street studios located in New Orleans during the summer of 2000. In September they started recording her debut CD that was released by Mondicor in 2001. Producer and multi-intrumentalist Ethan Johns
Ethan Johns
Ethan Johns is a record producer, engineer, mixer, musician, and songwriter who has worked with such artists such as Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, Ray LaMontagne, Kevin Prosch, Rufus Wainwright, Howard Eliott Payne, Emmylou Harris, Crowded House, Laura Marling, Luthea Salom, and Crosby, Stills and...

 (Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...

, Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...

, Ray LaMontagne
Ray LaMontagne
Raymond "Ray" Charles Jack LaMontagne is a Grammy-award winning American singer-songwriter. LaMontagne has released four studio albums, Trouble, Till the Sun Turns Black, Gossip in the Grain and God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise. He was born in New Hampshire and was inspired to create music after...

, Kings Of Leon
Kings of Leon
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, Laura Marling
Laura Marling
Laura Beatrice Marling is an English folk musician from Eversley, Hampshire.Initially prominent within the London folk scene, she has also toured with a number of well-known indie artists in the UK. Her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim and her second album I Speak Because I Can were nominated for...

 among others) recorded guitars and drums. Acclaimed cellist Jane Scarpantoni
Jane Scarpantoni
Jane Scarpantoni is a classically trained cello player who has played on a number of alternative rock albums.She was a member of Hoboken, New Jersey's Tiny Lights in the mid-'80s, then went on to play with other musicians especially those associated with the Hoboken underground rock scene of the...

 (Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American songwriter and singer known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.Two of Vega's songs reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: "Luka" and "Tom's Diner"...

, Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
The Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...

, Ray LaMontagne
Ray LaMontagne
Raymond "Ray" Charles Jack LaMontagne is a Grammy-award winning American singer-songwriter. LaMontagne has released four studio albums, Trouble, Till the Sun Turns Black, Gossip in the Grain and God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise. He was born in New Hampshire and was inspired to create music after...

, Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...

, R.E.M.
R.E.M.
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, Lou Reed
Lou Reed
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 among others) also appears on several songs on the album.

2007: Sunbeam Surrounded By Winter

In 2004 Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn is a Canadian-born music producer, recording engineer and musician. In 2001, he won a Grammy Award with Jim Watts and Emmylou Harris for his work on Harris's Red Dirt Girl. -Biography:...

 and Luthea Salom started the recordings for her second CD which was originally titled Incessant Spinning in Kingston NY at Maison Bleue Studio and in Skopje , Macedonia with members of Project Zlust. The CD came out in 2005 and was sold out in Spain. It was then re mastered and re released in 2007 under the title Sunbeam Surrounded By Winter. Luthea was invited to take part of compilation CD Discovering Bowie produced by Valentí Adell. They recorded Rebel Rebel and the single was added to Sunbeam Surrounded By Winter as a bonus track.

In 2007 London-based independent music publishing company Fairwood Music (David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

, JJ Cale, Noel Hogan
Noel Hogan
Noel Anthony Hogan is the guitarist and co-songwriter of The Cranberries.With The Cranberries on hiatus from 2003–2009, Noel turned to focus on his own music. He began working with programmer Matt Vaughan, who had already done work on unreleased Cranberries songs and Dolores O'Riordan's solo...

) discovered and signed Luthea Salom. John Deane of Fairwood Music has been quoted as saying that Luthea has created timeless melodies and well-crafted lyrics. Her creativity, approach and originality will resonate through contemporary music for years to come.

Redwood Entertainment Inc. signed Luthea Salom in 2008 and released and promoted her album in the USA leading her songs to be on broadcast radio across the country on several college radio stations and also NPR & Sirius, with songs "Rebel Rebel", "Dragonfly" and "Like A River".

In 2008 Sunflower Group Entertainment discovered and signed Luthea Salom to their publishing company based in New York City.

Spain's Noticias Clave says "Excellent North American singer/songwriter Luthea Salom is back with a new production filled by her developed folk-rock style which wraps up her vital lyrics that speak both about living in peace and being a rebel. Lyrics are essential in the work of this Canadian-New York-Barcelona citizen, but for those who can’t understand English it is still possible to enjoy her musical repertoire, which evolves from her song writing, to the last note of the arrangements, and through her attractive, direct and nuanced interpretation."

Considered a remarkable CD with a unique combination of moving melodies and thoughtful lyrics, in 2008 the CD was launched in the USA and it soon attracted the attention of specialized media entering the ballots for The Grammy Awards in 2008 in 9 categories: Best New Artist, Album Of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Producer Of The Year Non-Classical, Best Engineered Album Non-Classical, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist.

2010: Kick In The Head

After touring Spain, Portugal, the USA and Germany, in November 2009 Luthea Salom entered Vapor Studio (Barcelona, Spain) to record her third CD which was produced by Valentí Adell and mixed and mastered in the USA by Chris Badami
Chris Badami
Chris Badami is an American musician, music producer and sound engineer.Badami has recorded and produced hundreds of acts since the early 1990s. Chris got his start in the music industry as an active player and studio musician in the New York/New Jersey area. While performing in recording studios,...

. The CD, titled Kick In The Head, came out digitally in July 2010 hitting the stores in several European countries in October 2010. In April 2011 it sold out in Spain.

Spain's Noticias Clave says Kick in The Head Luthea Salom's latest album "shows her as a talented artesan of songs that she delivers with a personal touch and rock-folk color, where the lyrics (in English) find the best expressive vehicle in her voice - spirited and full of nuances - and her clear diction. The simplicity of the arrangements, seasoned with details that enhance all instrumental expression, contributes to the enjoyment of a successful musical discourse, with good final-touches around a voice that believes and makes us believe in what she says.”

Germany's Kultur Cottbus says,"Luthea Salom’s bittersweet style is very convincing with her cute voice, almost cheeky lyrics, and her spare guitar-based music. After this song you have already fallen in love with her. Without exaggeration I proudly say that Luthea Salom’s "Kick In The Head" is already the best music discovery of the year." Other reviews from Spain include, Noticiario Indie which says, “Kick In The Head is in full swing now, not only all over the news but also in everyone’s mouth,” and Lagartoon Musica Alternativa states,“A great artist with a wonderful career ahead.”

In April 2011 Kick In The Head entered the ballots for Independent Music Awards in Spain in seven categories with songs Blank Piece Of Paper and Happy.

In June 2011 Luthea Salom won the Myspace 'Crank Your Cred' award by International Songwriting Competition
International Songwriting Competition
The International Songwriting Competition is an annual song contest based in Nashville, TN, whose mission is to provide the opportunity for both aspiring and established songwriters to have their songs heard in a professional, international arena. ISC is designed to nurture the musical talent of...

for the month of June, 2011, with her song "Blank Piece of Paper" entered in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter and Music Video categories.

Luthea's music video from the single Blank Piece of Paper is playing on rotation on MTV Spain and Sol Musica and viewable on YouTube

Studio Albums

  • Out Of Without (Mondicor, 2001)
  • Incessant Spinning (Out Music, 2004)
  • Sunbeam Surrounded By Winter (Out Music, 2007)
  • Kick In The Head (Femme Sutil, 2010)

Singles

  • Laugh About It (Mondicor, 2001)
  • Die To Live (Out Music, 2004)
  • Dragonfly (Out Music, 2005)
  • Like A River (Out Music, 2006)
  • Rebel Rebel (Out Music, 2007)
  • Be Me (Femme Sutil, 2010)
  • Blank Piece Of Paper (Femme Sutil, 2011)
  • Happy (Femme Sutil, 2011)

Compilation Albums & Collaborations

  • Discovering Bowie (Out Music, 2006)
  • Yellow Taxi Lounge (Out Music, 2006)
  • Sounds Like Cafe (Foghorn Media, 2007)
  • Casa Bonita (Casa Bonita Productions, 2007)
  • Made in Spain Vol. 2 (Rne 3, 2008)
  • Día de la Música (FNAC, 2008)
  • Heart Broken Open (Robert Oakes, 2009)
  • Quickstars Allstars Volume 3 (Quickstar Productions, 2010)
  • Sounds Like Café (Fammedia, 2011)

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