Over the past couple decades, few Latin American pop singers have matched the elegant sophistication of Mexico City native Natalia Lafourcade, who’s found inventive ways to balance chart-topping melodies with a meaningful engagement with the prerock past. Five years ago, on her gorgeous album Mujer Divina, Lafourcade took advantage of her popularity to salute the work of Agustín Lara, the great Mexican composer of romantic songs and boleros, duetting with a diverse array of guest vocalists (including Gilberto Gil, Devendra Banhart, and Miguel Bosé) in her first explicit exploration of the pop traditions of her homeland.…
Over the past couple decades, few Latin American pop singers have matched the elegant sophistication of Mexico City native Natalia Lafourcade, who’s found inventive ways to balance chart-topping melodies with a meaningful engagement with the prerock past. Five years ago, on her gorgeous album Mujer Divina, Lafourcade took advantage of her popularity to salute the work of Agustín Lara, the great Mexican composer of romantic songs and boleros, duetting with a diverse array of guest vocalists (including Gilberto Gil, Devendra Banhart, and Miguel Bosé) in her first explicit exploration of the pop traditions of her homeland.…