Mona Fraiman, Cristina Dall, Déborah Dixon and Viviana Scaliza met in a spiritual choir and decided to form a blues band in 1992, as it could not be otherwise. They progressively garnered fame and their shows became advertised in every newspaper in Buenos Aires. They were invited as backup singers to the recording of La Mississippi's first album. They thus recorded their first album, “Cuatro mujeres y un maldito piano” (1994), which further promoted their popularity.
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Mona Fraiman, Cristina Dall, Déborah Dixon and Viviana Scaliza met in a spiritual choir and decided to form a blues band in 1992, as it could not be otherwise. They progressively garnered fame and their shows became advertised in every newspaper in Buenos Aires. They were invited as backup singers to the recording of La Mississippi's first album. They thus recorded their first album, “Cuatro mujeres y un maldito piano” (1994), which further promoted their popularity. They won the “Newcomer of the Year” award from the Association of Entertainment Chroniclers and performed classics such as “Sweet Home, Chicago” or “St. Louis Blues." Fraiman and Dixon performed vocal duties, while Cristina sang and played the piano, and Viviana played guitar and backing vocals. The band also included Marcelo Mira on drums, Gonzalo Serrano on bass and Fernando Duro on guitar. In 1995 they participated in the Aligator Festival, where they presented the new material that would make up the second album. Las Blancablus gained followers across many age groups and music fanbases. "They don't follow people who come from blues, but also from jazz and, why not, from rock." Regarding the matter of playing “Argentine blues,” they answer, “it would be foolish to think that we live in the same reality as a black man who works on a cotton plantation in New Orleans. But what really matters in music is that one puts emotion, whether to say something happy or sad. The point is knowing how to pour our inner life into a song. And the weapon we have is this” (Clarín, 06/03/95). Due to health reasons, Mona retired from the band. Despite this, they continued forward. The blues ladies performed again in public in October 2000, by then converted into a vocal trio. In November 2003 they presented “Suena en mí”, their fourth album. “In the new material there are spirituals and rhythm & blues, but the hallmark of this work is stylistic openness,” says Dixon. In January 2006 the band broke up definitively. Mona would pass away in 2017.
