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Songs We Love: Natalia Lafourcade, "Danza de Gardenias"

A new song from Natalia Lafourcade previews Musas II, a follow up to her smash hit album of 2017, Musas.
Natalia Lafourcade on the set of her latest video.

Last year, the pop singer Natalia Lafourcade did the unexpected: In a moment of nostalgia, she reached out to jam with Los Macorinos, a duo of guitarists in their. They recorded themselves just for fun, but what came out of that jam session was a striking, stripped-down collection of traditional Latin American folk covers and originals that went on to earn a 2018 Grammy nomination and four 2017 Latin Grammy nominations, winning for Best Folk Album and Best Long Form Music Video.

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