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Julieta Venegas
SONY US LATIN

May 22, 2013 at 5:00 am

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On her sixth studio album, the “studio” was Julieta Venegas’ home. Momentos is a bare-boned display of an enlightened soul, starting with the vague outline of Venegas sketched on the album sleeve. “Hoy” opens a new “day,” like a fresh page in her eclectic catalog, and is renewed by an unofficial children's choir. But other moments aren’t so uplifting. “Tuve Para Dar” confesses the pain of a failed relationship, a place where “no promises made it out alive,” set over a beautiful homage to synth-driven melancholia. Each song is alluring in its own stylistic flare. She resurrects the melodic edge of her earlier records, where her voice was a razor against minimal, electro-accordion beats. That was only the beginning of her place in Spanish pop. Whatever the language, Julieta Venegas speaks to any lover of music.

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Lara Kinne

Lara Kinne (also known by the pseudonym Larisa Aral) is a writer and music journalist living in Louisville, Ky. Since the launch of her independent music blog,” Huevos,” in 2007, Lara has written about the Louisville music landscape and beyond. Her words have appeared at Louisville.com, Gonzo Today and...