I Heart Market Street Music Series presents Las Almas

I Heart Market Street, Old Town Toronto’s free urban park, welcomes Las Almas to our street stage, located on Market Street, just north of The Esplanade. (All performances are subject to cancellation due to poor weather conditions. Thank you for your understanding.)

Artist Bio: ‘Las Almas’—the duo of Laura Fernandez and Noah Zacharin—combines North American sensibilities with Latin and World influences. Their repertoire of originals and classic covers are presented in both Spanish and English. Rhythms and melodies of many cultures blend to offer a palette of savoury to sweet to spicy hot, that will seduce the listeners with enchanting melodies, thoughtful lyrics, sublime harmonies, and instrumental bliss.

Laura Fernandez was born in Madrid, Spain, and immigrated to Canada as a child. She is a singer-songwriter/pianst, as well as a successful visual artist.

Noah Zacharin was born in Montreal, Canada, and is a singer/songwriter/guitarist, and a widely-published poet.

Both have toured and performed internationally as individuals and together. The formation of ‘Las Almas’ makes official their musical partnership!

The two met over 20 years ago at Toronto’s venerable Free Times Cafe, and have consistently nurtured a deep friendship and appreciation for each others’ work. He encouraged her to begin writing in her native Spanish and produced three tracks on her debut recording (which included the first fruit of that labour, ‘Mi Amor’); she has been an ongoing champion of his work, has rescued songs from his repertoire he’d forgotten about, and covered one of them on her 2nd CD. He has played guitar on all three of her recordings, and together they have co-written for her records and for this project.

The official and long-awaited recognition of ‘Las Almas’ as their duo project brings together their long-standing and shared love for melody, great songwriting, and soulful rhythms.