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Kuky's Biography
She feels Sonoran and acts Sonoran, because this northern Mexican state is her mother's birthplace, which is precisely why she decided that she'd better write and sing in Spanish, even though shes a bilingual native of Granada Hills, in the San Fernando Valley. She has now come out with her debut cd, named after the singer herself, Kuky.
All twelve songs on this album have been written and sung by Kuky, a young, attractive, easy-going woman with a soaring voice that draws you in, and is occasionally accompanied by her producers, the Akwid brothers Sergio and Francisco Gmez, on two songs of their first non-Akwid album.
This CD from Machete Music/Universal Music Group actually contains two additional versions of these songs that manage to pack R&B, international pop melodies, a sprinkling of hip-hop and even some mariachi fusions into a very personalized and alternative sound, bringing the grand total up to an immensely moving 14 cuts.
The first single, Ya No (No more), is both an eloquent and creative example of Kukys talent, who defiantly sings in a language that is clear, current and everyday about shutting the door on a relationship, major lrgate ya ya no quiero seguir viviendo as, esto no es para m (Youd better just go I dont want to keep living this way anymore. This isnt for me.).
Besides bringing out her message, this musical arrangement by Akwid gives Ya No a context that every woman has experienced, one in which she says No more to the man who has promised to change and tries to, but never actually does.
Kuky, a Pisces born Lucero Rodriguez on February 23, is currently based in Northridge, California. She describes herself as a dreamer with a big heart, for whom the most important thing is to try to find happiness in whatever shes doing. The greatest music teacher she has ever had in her life was her mother, who used to sing with Mariachis in rodeo shows and festivals: She would bring me along to her shows, and that environment had a big influence on me.
Her adopted name, Kuky was given to her in high school by her classmates who noticed her cheerful attitude that was kind of clownish and sometimes sardonic.
Strangely enough, back in her schooldays, the only thing that she sang was the national anthem and a couple of Christmas songs every now and then. But once she graduated, she made her way into music little by little by working in choirs at recording studios.
This is the area that she has been developing over the past five years, which is how she met the Gmez brothers who make up Akwid. The first thing they did was invite her to do some shows with them and ended up encouraging her to take the decisive leap to go solo, which is what she had always wanted to do.
Until then, she had never thought about singing or writing in Spanish. But once they gave her the music for a song for her to try out, Kuky threw herself into the task of writing the lyrics in the language of her ancestors. She admits with a smile that she kind of half wanted and half didnt want to do it. The end result was so outstanding that she ended up composing all of the songs that were recorded for this album, her first career achievement.
As a result of their enthusiasm for and admiration of her, Akwid became Kukys star guest performers, and can be heard in two of her songs: Bailar y Gozar (Dance and Enjoy) and Let Me See in English.
But the Gmez brothers arent the only ones who have succumbed to her musical charms; as soon as the single Ya No was barely test released, several radio stations in various American markets picked it up, which is unusual for a new artist.
These radio stations know quite well that Kuky, the album and Kuky, the voice, are one in the same: the new artist on the block whos got all the essential ingredients to be a star who was born to shine.
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Se siente y acta como sonorense, porque su madre es del norteo estado de Sonora, Mxico. Precisamente por eso, aunque es bilinge y naci en Granada Hills, valle de San Fernando, en Los Angeles, decidi que era mejor escribir y cantar en espaol, presentando as su disco/debut, el cual trae como ttulo su propio nombre de Kuky.
Joven, atractiva, espontnea, natural y duea de una voz de metlicas y magnticas inflexiones, Kuky es la autora de las 12 canciones que se incluyen en este lbum, el primero ntegramente producido para otro artista por Akwid, los hermanos Sergio y Francisco Gmez, que incluso la acompaan en la interpretacin de dos temas.
Dentro de un original estilo alternativo muy personal en que hay R&B, pop meldico internacional, ciertos toques de hip-hop y hasta fusiones de mariachi, este CD de Machete Music/ Universal Music Group contiene dos versiones adicionales, lo cual hace un total de 14 cortes de tremendo impacto.
El primer sencillo, que se titula Ya No, es una elocuente joya del talento creativo de Kuky, quien con un lenguaje cotidiano, definitivo y actual est cerrando las puertas de una relacin con un desafiante mejor lrgate ya ya no quiero seguir viviendo as, esto no es para m.
Adems de acentuar su mensaje, el arreglo musical elaborado por Akwid dramatiza el contenido de un Ya No que pudiera ser el de cualquier mujer que ya no cree en un hombre que promete cambiar y siempre falla en su intento.
Actualmente radicada en Northridge, California, Lucero Rodrguez KUKY, quien naci un 23 de febrero bajo el signo Piscis, se define como una soadora con un gran corazn, a quien lo que ms le importa es tratar de ser feliz con lo que est haciendo.
Su mejor maestra en la vida y en la msica fue su madre, que cantaba con mariachi en charreadas y palenques: Ella me llevaba a sus shows y ese fue un ambiente que me influenci mucho.
Su nombre artstico de Kuky se lo pusieron en la high school (la prepa). Tiene que ver directamente con su actitud alegre, medio payasa y por momentos sarcstica que advirtieron en ella sus compaeros en la escuela.
Curiosamente, en esos aos de formacin acadmica lo nico que cantaba era el himno nacional de Estados Unidos y, a veces, una que otra cancin de Navidad. Poquito a poquito, una vez egresada, se inici en la msica trabajando en los estudios de grabacin como corista.
Esa ha sido la actividad en que se ha desempeado durante estos ltimos cinco aos. As fue como conoci a los hermanos Gmez, los Akwid, quienes primero la invitaron a que los acompaara en algunas presentaciones y luego terminaron estimulndola para que diera el decisivo paso que la ha transformado en solista, lo que ella siempre quiso ser.
Hasta entonces nunca haba pensado cantar o escribir en espaol. Ellos le dieron la msica de un tema para que probara y entonces Kuky se entreg a la tarea de hacer una letra en el idioma de sus ancestros. Sonriendo, reconoce que lo hizo casi sin querer queriendo. El resultado fue tan positivo que, al final, compuso todas las canciones que se grabaron para este primer logro de su carrera.
Como consecuencia del entusiasmo y a la admiracin que les produjo, Akwid se convirti en el estelar artista invitado de Kuky. La acompaan en dos canciones: Bailar Y Gozar en espaol, y Let Me See en ingls.
Sin embargo, los hermanos Gmez no son los nicos que han sucumbido frente a su encanto musical, ya que apenas se lanz el sencillo Ya No, en una primera etapa experimental, varias estaciones de radio en diferentes mercados de Estados Unidos la incluyeron en su programacin, algo inusitado para el material de una artista debutante.
Los programadores lo saben muy bien. Kuky, el lbum, y Kuky, su intrprete, dos referentes fundamentales para una sola personalidad artstica, llega al mercado con todos los atributos de una estrella que efectivamente naci para triunfar.
