Two young, talented and talented women, who sound acutely contemporary and at the same time perfectly aware of the legacy they are shaping, are featured in this double bill: María José Llergo from Córdoba and the British Mahalia.
If anyone thought that María José Llergo's career would reach its peak with "Te espera el mar", the song that won her the Goya in 2023, they were more than wrong. Because her second album, "Ultrabelleza" (2023), is a huge waste of duende and groove at the service of one of the best crossings between tradition and avant-garde of recent Spanish popular music. Complaining and digital beat. Flamenco, electronic, afrobeat and r'n'b. A sensational album, with production by _juno, Antonio Narváez, Lost Twin, Oddliquor and the George Moore/Knox Brown tandem, which shows the enormous growth (since the previous album, "Sanación", from 2020) of the young artist from Córdoba.
Mental health problems, overcoming a sentimental breakup and the ravages of racism have shaped - for (very) good - the argument of the British Mahalia Burkmar, one of the most dazzling new values of neo soul and r'n'b that comes to us from the Islands. Daughter of a British-Irishman and a Jamaican, Mahalia has established herself with only 26 years as a name to follow very closely, thanks to albums like "Love and Compromise" (2019) or "IRL" (2023), brimming with class, elegance and a resounding personality. Her visit to Noches del Botánico is a splendid occasion for the public español to really start to get acquainted with her. It's certainly worth it.
