Natalia Lafourcade Tapes Austin City Limits Show

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade visited Austin on March 23, 2016, to tape a performance for the acclaimed PBS television series Austin City Limits. The show has begun taping episodes for their 42nd season, which will begin airing in Fall 2016.

Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona introduces Natalia Lafourcade









Ms. Lafourcade, although not as well known in the United States, is one of the biggest names in Latin American indie-pop music. She has earned 8 Latin Grammy Awards including 5 for her 2015 album Hasta la Raiz. 
For the ACL taping, she was backed by a talented quintet, including Alfredo Pino on trumpet, guitarist Gustavo Guerrero, and keyboardist Carlos "Champi" Benavides. Natalia played both the guitar and piano during some of the songs.






Alfredo Pino


Gustavo Guerrero

Carlos "Champi" Benavides



Many of the selections Lafourcade performed for this show are from her highly successful 2015 album Hasta la Raiz. She also performed two special selections in English for the Austin City Limits audience, "Lilac Wine" and Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender".










Setlist for Natalia Lafourcade at Austin City Limits taping:
Vamonos Negrito
Hasta La Raiz
Lo Que Construimos
Ya No Te Puedo Querer
Ninca Es Suficient
Lilac Wine (Nina Simone cover)
Amor De Mis Amores (Augustin Lara cover)
Casa (Natalia y La Forquetina song)
Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley cover)
Para Que Sufrir
Palomas Blancas

Encore:
Estoy Lista

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