In the event you shut your eyes initially of this Tiny Desk live performance, you can simply think about your self at a celebration someplace alongside the Texas-Mexican border across the Thirties, simply after the guitars come out. However open your eyes and you may see Yahritza y Su Esencia, a trio of musicians from Washington’s Yakima Valley, belting out songs about misplaced love and longing.
Such is the magic of the present wave of Mexican regional music. Yahritza Martínez’s voice on “Soy El Unico” speaks to a brand new era of Mexican music followers as deeply as a few of us outdated timers. Surrounded by her brothers Armando, on 12-string guitar, and Jairo, on bass, Martínez’s impassioned vocals communicate of loving somebody who doesn’t return the favor. There’s an artwork to singing the type of impassioned lyrics which are discovered within the corridos and rancheras of one of the best Mexican regional music and Yahritza does it once more on “Dejalo Ir,” one other tune she wrote when she was 13 years outdated.
I used to be doing okay till the group hit its stride with “No Se Puede Decir Adiós” once I had a second. My mother cherished rancheras and corridos and having lately misplaced her, I needed to sit down at my desk through the efficiency and have a non-public, quiet cry. So do not maintain again, and provides your self as much as the highly effective emotion of Yahritza y Su Esencia’s efficiency.
SET LIST
- “Soy El Unico”
- “Dejalo Ir”
- “Inseparables”
- “No Se Puede Decir Adiós”
- “Frágil”
MUSICIANS
- Yahritza Martínez: vocals, guitar
- Armando Martínez: vocals, guitar
- Jairo Martínez: bass
TINY DESK TEAM
- Producer: Anamaria Sayre
- Director: Kara Body
- Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
- Artistic Director: Bob Boilen
- Collection Producer: Bobby Carter
- Videographers: Kara Body, Maia Stern
- Editor: Michael Zamora
- Audio Assistant: Josephine Nyounai
- Photographer: Keren Carrión
- Tiny Desk Group: Suraya Mohamed, Joshua Bryant, Ashley Pointer, Hazel Cills
- VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
- Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
