Natalia Lafourcade, born in Mexico City in 1984, is a Mexican singer-songwriter who has moved from Latin pop deep into bolero, son jarocho, and Mexican folk. Musas Vol. 1 (2017), with Los Macorinos, is a beautiful entry point, and De Todas las Flores (2022) marks her return to original songwriting — four Grammys and 18 Latin Grammys back her up. Explore Natalia Lafourcade vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
María Natalia Lafourcade Silva was born in Mexico City on February 26, 1984. She launched her recording career as a teenager in the early 2000s. Her work has progressively explored multiple Mexican popular music traditions across her catalog - including Latin pop (her early material), bolero (Mujer Divina: Homenaje a Agustín Lara, 2012, paying tribute to the foundational Mexican bolero composer Agustín Lara), Mexican folk and son jarocho (Musas Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, 2017-2018, collaborating with Mexican folk duo Los Macorinos), and contemporary Latin alternative. Her 2022 album De Todas las Flores marked a creative return to original songwriting after the Mexican folk tribute period. She has won four Grammy Awards (Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album multiple times) and 18 Latin Grammy Awards.
Natalia Lafourcade's sound combines Latin folk, Latin pop, bolero, son jarocho, Mexican folk, ranchera, Latin alternative, and indie folk with her distinctive vocal delivery and arrangements drawing extensively on traditional Mexican popular music alongside contemporary Latin alternative influences.
Sony Music Latin pressings of the Natalia Lafourcade catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Natalia Lafourcade typically start with Musas Vol. 1 (2017) or De Todas las Flores (2022).
