It has to be said that the new album from Mexican diva Natalia Lafourcade. just out and entitled Musas (Vol 1), is much better than a slap round the chops, false austerity or anything whatsoever to do with those two cursed Gallagher brothers. Lafourcade has been doing this for a while of course. A Grammy winning artist what's she's doing here, presenting a concoction of Latin American folk music is nothing new but everything here is judged to perfection, so feather light, evocative and charming and you're transported at once to a warm Mexican courtyard with the sights and sounds of that part of the world all around you.
All the while, Lafourcade's voice floats through the mix, sometimes backed by the whispered backing vocals of her band. It's all just enchanting from opening to closing curtain. Sometimes you need a winsome indie band, sometimes you need some soul. Sometimes you need some food for thought. And sometimes you just need this!
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