Sofia Rei

Today on Ecléctico you're listening to a song by Argentine singer and songwriter Sofia Rei, who traveled to the Elqui Valley in Chile and, as a result, was inspired to record this song and album. You'll go deeper with an excerpt from an article by Jon Pareles in The New York Times.

"Un Mismo Cielo" by Sofia Rei
2021 | Singer and musician from Buenos Aires and based in New York City

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The Argentine songwriter and singer Sofia Rei is also a professor at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute, where she created the course New Perspectives in Latin Music. “Un Mismo Cielo” — “The Same Sky” — is from her new album, “Umbral,” It’s thoroughly global world music, using looped vocals, jazzy clusters on piano, Andean panpipes, a funky bass line and a keyboard solo that hints at Ethiopian modes. Echoing the way she melds music, Rei sings about lovers who are separated, yet they still see the same sky.

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