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Lili Anel at World Cafe Live
Courtesy of World Cafe Live | Posted on October 10, 2013
Where
World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
Map
215-222-1400
When
Thu, December 12, 2013
8:00pm
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Musicians
Lili Añel
vocalsAbout
Lili Añel considers music a calling. This six-foot tall singer-songwriter grew up in New York City where she discovered her passion for music. As a child Añel remembers singing along to her mother’s Cuban, jazz and pop standard albums. It was also her mother who supported Lili’s desire to join the church choir. However it was her grandfather’s recognition of how much joy singing brought to her being, which served to set her feet firmly on the path of a career in music. “My grandfather was very influential and instrumental,” says Lili. “When I sang in the church choir, he would sneak in to the Mass without telling me. I would ask him later, after letting him know that I saw him in the back, why he came to church at all and then left before it was over. His response was: ‘To hear you sing. I can hear your voice above the others.’”...