The Spanish singer Rosalia made on Saturday May 30 a minimalist version of La Llorona, one of the most popular Mexican folk songs worldwide. The cover, which the Catalan interpreted with a synthesizer and keyboard, excited fans on social networks who applauded the choice of theme.
“I have been a big fan of Chavela for many years and I haven’t listened to ‘La Llorona’ in a long time. [La canción] It inspired me to say ‘I want to learn it and study these lyrics and rethink this song, “said the artist in an interview with her. singer Gloria Trevi in Is appreciated, a program organized by the media group Televisa in gratitude to the people who have worked during the pandemic.
Although the heartbreaking voice of Chavela Vargas popularized this song, in reality it is a traditional son that comes from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec -between Oaxaca and Veracruz- whose authorship is unknown. There are those who attribute the lyrics to the poet Andrés Henestrosa (1906 – 2008). However, it is not proven that La Llorona be part of your work. The lyrics of the popular song have hundreds of versions. The singer Susana Harp assured in a interview with the newspaper Millennium that there are more than 500 and that “it is very easy to make versions of it without repeating the lyrics”, as part of the cultural wealth that surrounds this composition.
“La Llorona, Sandunga, the Petenera, Fandango, syrup, the Tonalteca, they are so beautiful that they have deservedly risen to immortality; its popularity has triumphantly crossed borders “, says Alberto Cajigas in his book The musical folkloric of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. These are some versions that Mexican and foreign artists have made of the famous song.
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