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Liliana
Rokita photo by 2004 ArtServe Michigan
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If your company is named Shoestring Entertainment Corporation and you still manage to be heralded internationally as a rising star, you can take credit for a lot. Singer/songwriter Liliana Rokita, has pirouetted steadily over the years toward recognition for her talents, one lace at a time, to emerge as the latest “overnight” sensation. A recent opening night solo performance at Madison Square Garden’s New York Music Festival signifies a credible leap toward acknowledgment of her abilities, as does Rokita’s most recent acquisition. The Saginaw resident has been named recipient of the 2004 Emerging Artist Award for the 2004 ArtServe Michigan Governor’s Awards for Arts & Culture. Rokita first appeared onstage at the age of four with her father, singing with his bolero trio. Performing most of her early life in Toluca, Mexico, she was entertaining regularly by the age of 17, despite an inability to read music. And, what began as singing Selena cover songs has evolved into presenting Rokita’s original compositions, consistently earning enthusiastic response. Still unable to read music, Rokita sings her Spanish melodies into a tape recorder which is later transcribed by her musical collaborator and husband, Chris. Their joint effort -- her debut album, Liliana -- is filled with original works, sung in Spanish, and heralded by critics for its subtle romance as well as its spicy flair. The transplanted Latina arrived in Michigan by way of marriage to her engineer husband, a Saginaw native. Their three young sons — Christopher, Eric and William — share their mother’s love of music and their father’s support of her re-kindled singing career. Today, she is blazing her way into the industry’s charts and hearts with music that is being dubbed as a novel crossover. Rokita told the Detroit Free Press in a March, 2004 interview that “people just like the music,” even if they have no idea what she’s singing and saying. “Music is a big, big part of everyone’s life. It doesn’t matter the style,” Rokita is quoted by the Free Press. “It’s an honor to me to see that people recognize my work, and an award like this gives me the strength to keep going,” said Rokita.
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