DOS CORAZONES (Single)

Co-written Duet with Felix “Gato” Peralta

WINNER:
Songwriter of the Year
Original Song of the Year
at the 2022 New Mexico Hispano Music Awards

Music and Lyrics: Felix Peralta, Lara Manzanares
Recorded, Mastered, and Mixed by: Ken Riley
Studio: Rio Grande Studios, Albuquerque, NM

Musicians:
LARA MANZANARES (vocals, acoustic guitar), FELIX PERALTA (vocals, electric guitar)

DEAR JOHN (Single)

Nominated for Best Americana Song
at the 2019 New Mexico Music Awards

Music and Lyrics: Lara Manzanares
Produced by Lara Manzanares & Jono Manson
Recording Engineer: Jono Manson
Studio: The Kitchen Sink Studios
Mastering Engineer: David Glasser at Airshow Mastering

Musicians:
LARA MANZANARES (vocals, acoustic guitar), JONO MANSON (electric guitar, MARK CLARK (percussion), JUSTIN BRANSFORD (bass), JORDAN WAX (violin)

"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."

– The Weekly Alibi, June 28 2018

(Translated from Dutch):
"In addition to being very beautiful and very varied with both folk and Spanish-language songs, Lara Manzanares's new album Land Baby is also particularly relevant to the discussion on migration. (...) Lara Manzanares proves herself to be a strong singer with beautiful light-footedness and melancholy in her voice. (...) Wonderful is the melancholic 'Loss' and the rocking sixties-like 'Love in the City'. A highlight is 'Borderlands', which is a sensitive song, with beautiful trumpet and accordion work by Rothschild. (...) ... an album as a plea for a bridge and against a wall."

– Richard Wagenaar, TheNextGig.nl
Full Review in Dutch:
http://thenextgig.nl/lara-manzanares-land-baby/

Digital downloads of Land Baby can be purchased online at Bandcamp.com:

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CDs Also Available!

Lara Manzanares’s cover design for Land Baby won Best Package Design at the 2018 New Mexico Music Awards. It includes a full-color fold-out cover and booklet with full Spanish/English lyric translations.

To order a CD, please send an email to lara.manz@gmail.com.