Musas Vol.2＜限定盤＞

メキシコを代表するシンガー・ソングライター=ナタリア・ラフォルカデ。ラテングラミー賞にノミネートされただけでなく、国際的なグラミー賞にもノミネートされた2018年の『Musas Vol. 2』がアナログ復刻！

Natalia Lafourcade had already mentioned that the recording sessions for Musas, her glorious 2017 tribute to the Great Latin American Songbook, had yielded enough material for more than one album. No sooner said than done, Musas, Vol. 2 was released less than nine months after the first installment. Cut from exactly the same stylish cloth as Vol. 1, Vol. 2 extends the blissful collaboration between Lafourcade and legendary guitar duo Los Macorinos on 13 more selections by iconic authors such as Alvaro Carrillo, Margarita Lecuona, Augusto Polo Campos, and Alberto Dominguez. Lafourcade, her understanding of this material equally exquisite as a singer and as a songwriter, again introduces a few originals that are indistinguishable from classics written in the early and mid-20th century. She also ventures into social commentary, one of the main directions Latin American songwriting has taken since the '60s, but which she left unexplored until Musas with the inclusion of "Derecho de Nacimiento," originally written for the #MusicosConYoSoy132 collective. And while standards such as "La Llorona," "Luz de Luna," and "Eclipse" have been recorded over and over by giants such as Chavela Vargas, Maria Dolores Pradera, and Joao Gilberto, Lafourcade's versions are simply superb, as well as skillfully complemented with less well-known marvels like "Desdenosa" by Benigno Lara Foster, here graced with the majestic voices of Eugenia Leon and Omara Portuondo. The worst one can say about Musas, Vol. 2 is that it lacks the novelty factor of its predecessor. On just about every other account, it is just as delightful and lovingly curated a tribute as anyone could hope for. ~ Mariano Prunes