A new album out this month from Silvana Estrada is one to watch for 2022

A new album out this month from Silvana Estrada is one to watch for 2022

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NPR's Alt Latino predicts that Marchita, the new album by singer/songwriter Silvana Estrada, will end up on a top album list when the year's new music is considered at the end of 2022.

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

With the new year comes new music to look forward to. Felix Contreras of NPR Music Alt.Latino has an album you should check out.

FELIX CONTRERAS, BYLINE²: One of the artists that came across my radar³ last year was Silvana Estrada, a singer-songwriter from the Mexican state of Veracruz. And she has a new album coming on January 21 called "Marchita," and it's probably going to be one of my top albums at the end of the year.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "TRISTEZA")

SILVANA ESTRADA: (Singing in Spanish).

CONTRERAS: This is the track "Tristeza." And to fully⁴ appreciate what she accomplishes on this album, you have to know a little geography and history. Veracruz is on the Gulf⁵ Coast, and it is the one part of Mexico that has any African influence. The folk music that comes from there is called son jarocho, and it is very syncopated and played on stringed instruments - small guitar-like instruments and harps⁶ - a mix of Africa and Europe.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "TRISTEZA")

ESTRADA: (Singing in Spanish).

CONTRERAS: And throughout her record, she disassembles that tradition and uses bits and pieces of it behind her soft falsetto as she explores the most intimate emotions about the two subjects that are a part of just about all Mexican music - love and loss.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "UN DIA CUALQUIERA")

ESTRADA: (Singing in Spanish).

CONTRERAS: On the track "Un Dia Cualquiera," she uses just the pulse of the intricate dance steps that accompany traditional son jarocho.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "UN DIA CUALQUIERA")

ESTRADA: (Singing in Spanish).

CONTRERAS: To my ears, it's a brilliant display of musical vision by an artist who's just getting started.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MARCHITA")

ESTRADA: (Vocalizing).

MARTINEZ: That's Felix Contreras, the host of Alt.Latino here at NPR Music. The album he recommends for the new year is "Marchita" by Silvana Estrada.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MARCHITA")

ESTRADA: (Vocalizing).

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

6 harps   

abbr.harpsichord 拨弦古钢琴n.竖琴( harp的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She continually harps on lack of money. 她总唠叨说缺钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He could turn on the harps of the blessed. 他能召来天使的竖琴为他奏乐。 来自辞典例句