“Nor will they see me in a supermarket,” they say that Dolores del Río said, Latin constellation Hollywood, Mexican she, who lived a torrid cinematographic romance in the southern seas, directed by King Vidor in Bird of paradiseunbeatable title for such unique bird. And it is that Dolores del Río was an old diva. Natalia Lafourcade, also from Mexico, also Latin constellation, is a diva of the 21st century. That is: he sings with the uniqueness of “Divine Woman” that Agustín Lara wrote, but there is no apex of affectation. It may not go to the supermarket either, but it gets to the root in the most beautiful than popular, reformulated sometimes, raw in others. Lafourcade is an artist for reinvention times, a fantastic reconstructive of songbooks.
Maybe that’s why you have titled Songbook His new and recent album, splendid continuation, that does not copy, of Of all flowershis 2022 album, which opened a path and marked a break. Adam Jodorowsky, also known as Adanowsky, a geniecillo raised inside a whirlwind of cultural stimuli, then signed and signs the production; To the alimon with Natalia, but it is impossible not to notice his brilliant musical games.
A tribute to the songs? This is probably about this album. Because their themes contain experiences, adventures, loves and the opposite, betrayals, hopes and disappointments, joy and shadows … Life, go.
‘Opening Song’, the beginning of the album, an instrumental, is the soundtrack that anticipates a narrative full of great musical scenes. In the piece titled the album La Voz claims the magic of who says the songs, in a rejocajante folklore, pianos, interludes and strings. ‘Cocos on the beach’ is a party in which trumpets resonate and blows cumbia air. ‘How I would like to love you’, in Soft Ranchera Solfa, unites her with her compatriot David Aguilar. And in the alley ‘clandestine love’ dialogue with a soul the artist and a content (in flamenco) Israel Fernández. ‘Crystal mascaritas’ is a tango marked softly, which opens a violin eloquent. And ‘El Coconito’, a cheerful huapango written years ago by Lorenzo Barcelata.
He are with flashes of proclamation and rumba ‘El Palomo and the black’ snatches. ‘Cariñito de Acapulco’ also sounds like a bolero; It has juicy arrangements and a jazz ending with trumpet with deaf. A ‘growing moon’, brothers Gutiérrez draw a disturbing atmosphere. And ‘songs songs’ link with the instruments of the beginning of the album. Logic: What follows is the tip: a mourning review, now more flamenco, with Diego del Morao to the guitar, ‘clandestine love’, and an excellent and naked acoustic look at the main song. By the way: Excellent musicians, exquisite arrangements and the participation of Soundwalk Collective, sound art duo that provides textures and nuances.
In SongbookLafourcade collects with his voice the echo of time to draw in the present the footprints of the songs. Nothing less.
Songbook. Natalia LaForucade. Sony
