LA NIÑA

When “Furesta” came out last spring, it was immediately clear to all of us that this would be the record of the year — the moment La Niña stepped fully into her place as one of the essential voices in today’s music scene, and beyond. Then came the European tour, and even a session at KEXP.

And rightly so: people everywhere are beginning to recognize La Niña for what she is, because her music holds tightly together both the raw visceral force and the lyrical beauty of the Neapolitan tradition — inheriting its ancient instruments and aching vitality — and transforms them into a collective chant that’s impossible to resist.

A political act, a fusion of languages, a cry from bodies in revolt: La Niña’s live show is ready to set the dome of the MART ablaze. See you on May 31st.