Live on the Kennedy Center’s Digital Stage
Check out our concert for the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts! The button below will take you to our video on the Kennedy Center’s YouTube Channel:
Lara Manzanares is an award-winning bilingual singer-songwriter of Northern New Mexican heritage. In addition to singing the Mexican boleros, rancheras, and corridos of her sheep-ranching childhood, Lara also composes her own style of music in both English and Spanish. Through a combination of storytelling and songs both playful and sincere, Lara draws on her rural New Mexican roots and her urban experiences across the U.S. and abroad as she sings about love, loss, a sense of place, and her own connection to the land.
“Singer-songwriter Lara Manzanares won best album honors at this year’s New Mexico Music Awards for her album Land Baby. Here she carries out her mission with focus and drive, employing a voice both powerful and emotive, backed by instrumental conceits that reflect her deep, desert-borne connection to la tierra in Nuevo Mexico. From simple constructions like “Census Song” to more fleshed out produce such as “Rapunzel,” Manzanares’ voice shimmers, shines and soothes. Her backing band is top-notch too; the recording is as shockingly clear as a summer, star-strewn night out in the wilderness. (...) ... her range is magnificent and her overall tone as pure as the land itself.”
Join Lara on Patreon
As a member of Lara’s Patreon community, you’ll get sneak peeks, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, early access to new recordings, a free copy of any CDs or downloads she creates, Patron-only Livestream concerts, in-progress songwriting updates, insight into Lara’s weaving and visual art, and more. Join Lara as she begins work on her latest album and be a part of its creative process!
