American-born singer-songwriter, Lhasa De Sela was raised between Mexico and the United States. She later on lived between France and Canada, where she died (Montreal) from breast cancer, on January 1st 2010.

Her music style is considered as folk. She released three studio albums between 1997 and 2009. Her debut album La Llorona (1997) was strongly influenced by latin music and includes lots of spanish lyrics in it.