"Top of the world" - "Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade (...) combines the pop-rock that has made her a hit across Latin America with the more rootsy son jarocho that is the soundtrack of her city and region ... Son jarocho is a kind of polished and controlled and generally upbeat mariachi music - one foot in the Mexican farmlands, the other in the Caribbean Sea - which is here given classical flourishes and string arrangements. The loose country rhythm suits her intimate vocals on 'Mexicana Hermosa' (performed with Carlos Rivera) and the heartfelt 'Veracruz'. Her impressive range is showcased on 'Una Vida', and is quite able to match the energy of the pounding brass. 'Hasta La Raíz', featuring son jarocho specialists Los Cojolites and Argentina's Los Auténticos Decadentes, is a cool, catchy pop number on which her voice takes flight once more ... While Lafourcade is arguably most affecting when she approaches the tragic lilting style of Chavela Vargas, her multifacetedness has its own allure"