{"id":2927,"date":"2011-08-01T23:32:59","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T06:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=2927"},"modified":"2011-08-01T23:34:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T06:34:56","slug":"ximena-sarinana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/08\/ximena-sarinana\/","title":{"rendered":"XIMENA SARI\u00d1ANA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2928\" title=\"XIMENA-SARINANA-QandA\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/XIMENA-SARINANA-QandA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/XIMENA-SARINANA-QandA.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/XIMENA-SARINANA-QandA-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>XIMENA SARI\u00d1ANA<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><strong>HOMETOWN:<\/strong> Guadalajara, Mexico<br \/>\n<strong>INFLUENCES<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Tracy Chapman, Ella Fitzgerald,\u00a0 \t\t\tPaul Simon<br \/>\n<strong>ALBUM:<\/strong> <em>Ximena Sari\u00f1ana<\/em>, out Aug. 2<br \/>\n<strong><strong>WEBSITE:<\/strong> <\/strong>ximenamusic.com<\/p>\n<p>Well-known since childhood in her native Mexico\u00a0as a singer, songwriter and actress, Sari\u00f1ana is preparing to introduce herself to a broader audience with her first English-language album. <em>Ximena Sari\u00f1ana<\/em>, recorded in L.A. with producers Greg Kurstin, Dave Sitek and Natalia Lafourcade, is also a stylistic departure for the singer. \u201cEverything was about forcing myself out of my comfort zone,\u201d says Sari\u00f1ana, 25. \u201cI wanted quicker, bigger-sounding songs and more bass and electronic instruments.\u201d The album does contain one Spanish-language song, \u201cTu y Yo\u201d (\u201cYou and Me\u201d): \u201cMy mother language and the country I live in are such an important part of who I am,\u201d she says. Sari\u00f1ana elected to self-title the album because, she says, \u201cIt\u2019s my first record to a lot of people. I just hope listeners can hear the honesty in the album. I titled it after myself because my name keeps it close to me and who I am as an artist and a person.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XIMENA SARI\u00d1ANA HOMETOWN: Guadalajara, Mexico INFLUENCES: Tracy Chapman, Ella Fitzgerald,\u00a0 Paul Simon ALBUM: Ximena Sari\u00f1ana, out Aug. 2 WEBSITE: ximenamusic.com Well-known since childhood in her native Mexico\u00a0as a singer, songwriter and actress, Sari\u00f1ana is preparing to introduce herself to a broader audience with her first English-language album. Ximena Sari\u00f1ana, recorded in L.A. with producers Greg [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[1636,10160,2251,2252],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2927"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2930,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2927\/revisions\/2930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}