The artist Natalia Lafourcade will be at the awards ceremony Latin Grammy with two nominations for the album A song for Mexico – The Musical, which was recorded in the city of Xalapa in collaboration with the group of jarocha music The CojolitesThe awards ceremony will be held this Thursday, November 17, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The musical A song for Mexico contains a collection of songs by Natalia Lafourcade performed in the style of traditional Mexican music, as They are Jarocho and other styles. The singer writes on her Instagram account that the musical is a celebration “of our Mexican culture and tradition.”
“Recorded in Xalapa, Veracruz, with a wonderful group of people with whom worlds intertwined and where together we celebrated our culture.”
The music video and album, with a duration of more than 24 minutes, achieved two nominations to the Latin Grammy Award, which will be presented at a ceremony this Thursday in the United States.
Likewise, the album A song for Mexico – The Musical is nominated for the 65th Grammy Awards in the category of Best Regional Mexican Album. The album Natalia Lafourcade competes against the album Queen Bee, by Chiquis; The Meeting, of The Tigers of the North; EP # 1 Outlaw of Christian Nodal And I'm looking forward to seeing you, Marco Antonio Solis.
The artist Natalia Lafourcade He was born in Mexico City; however, he spent much of his life in Veracruz, between Xalapa and the nearby municipalities, which is why throughout his artistic life he has said he is a jarocha at heart. The album A song for Mexico It was recorded in the state capital, and musicians from the group participated in it The Cojolites.
With the nomination for the Grammys 2023, The Cojolites add their second nomination next to Natalia Lafourcade for a musical collaboration. The Cojolites They are a traditional Veracruz music group, who perform songs with jarocho instruments such as the revelry, the requinto, the vihuela and the guitarrón.
In addition, in the music video of A song for Mexico star dancers of jarocho zapateado on stage, which is central to the plot of the video and the album, while the musicians They perform the songs on a stage, where the video clip was filmed.
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