the Mexican singer Natalia Lafourcade this Thursday he opposed the audience of the Carnegie room New Yorker on several occasions, in a concert that represented his return to the scene after four years and which also served him to record a live album.
It was a magical night for Lafourcade, joined by legends such as the British (and American) David Byrne or the Cuban Omara Portuondoin addition to his friend, the Uruguayan Jorge Drexler, which made him understand the immense affection in which he arouses New York: Before she sang a single note, the audience – which occupied the 2,800 seats of Carnegie Hall – had already stood up and greeted her with long applause.
The first part of the concert was dedicated to the presentation of his new album, of all flowers, which goes on sale this Saturday and represents his first album of his material for seven years, after the success up to the rootawarded in 2015 with a Grammy and which represented his leap in popularity throughout Latin America.
The artist, who remained seated in this first part, tells it after that album he needed to retire to his native Veracruz to give “attention to my gardens”, but then the pandemic hit her and this forced her to extend her retirement, until she felt “a little scared”, but the fact of creating her own songs had “helped her to be reborn”.
Although the public had been won over almost in advance, it was difficult for him to come into contact with themes of an intimate nature – without Mexican echoes – which are still unknown to him, but when Lafourcade reported that a live album recording was in progress, the room collapsed.
It was at the end of this presentation that the singer invited David Byrnewho at 70 is still the epitome of elegance and who dared to dance with Lafourcade to the sound of song Death.
Lafourcade’s greatest hits
The second part of the concert was a review of the great hits that Lafourcade already has after eight albums behind him. The twelve-person band that played with her began to sound much more Latin, with greater presence of percussion, maracas or accordion. The singer took the opportunity to change her clothes and dress in a pastel green tunic that allowed her to move much more easily on stage.
when he sings what we build the audience showed her devotion by singing with her but it was nothing compared when the Cuban made an appearance Omara Portuondo, 92 years old. All the spectators stood up and cheered for several minutes, especially after the two singers performed. Twenty years.
Then the Uruguayan entered the stage Jorge Drexlerfriend of Lafourcade, with whom he sang I no longer live to live by Giovanni Gabriele e Love me the way I like italways with the audience standing and applauding.
In the final stretch, Lafourcade performed up to the root with which he encouraged the audience to sing so that it is registered y In my land of Veracruzwhere is it he managed to make the entire audience applaud to the rhythm of the particular son jarocho of that land. The recital ended with And you go, with the audience out of their seats and crowded in front of the stage in the hope of shaking hands with their idol.
