LatinHeat News Service
Marisol “La Marisoul” Hernandez, lead singer of the Grammy Award-winning band La Santa Cecilia, has released the first of two installments that will form her first ever solo album: La Marisoul and The Love Notes Orchestra.
Produced by Hernandez and recorded earlier this year in Los Angeles with a 24-piece live orchestra, the first volume of the album pays tribute to the complexities of love, offering reinterpretations of seven Spanish-language classics. The collection showcases songs about the magic of new love, nostalgia of past romances, and devastating heartbreak. Above all, however, with ‘La Marisoul and The Love Notes Orchestra, Hernandez delivers a compilation that provides her fans with a welcome dose of happiness and comfort during the challenges and unprecedented times we are all currently facing.
Fans will be swept away in a glistening wave of romantic nostalgia, thanks to La Marisoul’s potent, velvety voice that’s been hailed by the LA Times as a remarkable blend of those of two of the world’s most iconic and powerful female artists, Janis Joplin (Piece of My Heart) and Celia Cruz (La Vida Es Un Carnaval).
“This is a Love note to my father. Lalo, as they called my dad, was a charismatic, stylish, travieso. A lover of life, love and music – a bohemio! I remember he’d tell me how happy it would make him to one day hear me sing our favorite boleros in orquesta style, como Daniel Santos y Toña La Negra. We loved listening to boleros from this era.?Finally this year I had the opportunity to work with a 24-piece orchestra and have fun with new arrangements! It felt like this was becoming something very special, so we decided to have the event recorded. The result y la magia?was clear, this was that, a Love Note to the world and to my father. I hope you enjoy these classics as much as we did, with love y cariño siempre,” said La Marisoul.
Along with Volume 1, Hernandez also released the joyful, upbeat music video for the single, Un Telegrama, in which the artist sends a love message to the listeners while surrounded by beautiful artwork and stunning vintage photographs. Originally penned by Spanish brothers Gregorio and Alfredo García Segura in 1959, the award-winning piece garnered the top prize at the first edition of the Festival Español de la Canción de Benidorm, and it continued picking up momentum throughout the following decade, making appearances in multiple films. By the late ‘60s, the song achieved mass recognition across the Americas and Spain, and Chilean singer Mona Bell’s 1968 interpretation was awarded a Gold Record for its high sales.
Putting her own unique and soulful spin on the song, La Marisoul brings Un Telegrama to an entirely new generation of listeners, restoring a bit of refined flair and spirited swing to modern life.
La Marisoul and The Love Notes Orchestra Vol. 1 is now available to stream on digital platforms.
— Ana Perez