She is only 24, but Silvana Estrada is already being hailed as "one of Mexico's greatest young talents and vocalists" by José Galvan of the popular American radio station KCRW. The artist has already performed and recorded music with artists such as Natalia Lafourcade, who, like Silvana, belongs to the vibrant community of indie artists in Mexico City, Uruguayan singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler, Chilean Mon Laferte and the Spanish group Love of Lesbian.

Silvana grew up in a house in rural Mexico where not only music, but instruments were made: In fact, both her parents are guitar makers. The song 'Casa' is an echo of traditional Mexican songs she heard her parents sing as a little girl, with stringed instruments as they were made in their workshop, with doors opening, footsteps, plates clicking and other everyday household sounds as the background.

On "Marchita," the title track of her debut album, Silvana talks about the fading of what was, but also the sprouting of something new. "It's the song where I close a difficult period of my life, which this record is about," she says. 'Marchita' is filled with the flamboyant fervor that characterizes the 'payback' songs that make up an entire subgenre of Latin American music.