I’m a longtime fan of Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade, one of Latin America’s most sophisticated and curious pop stars. I wrote about her when she rolled through town in summer 2017 in support of the gorgeous Musas, which surveys some of her favorite ballads from Latin America—a collection foreshadowed by her brilliant 2012 album saluting the music of Mexican composer Agustín Lara, Mujer Divina. In February she released the second volume of the Musas project, and it overwhelmed me with its beauty and soul, just as part one did.
Today’s playlist:
