Mexican jazz singer Lucía Gutiérrez was the guest of El invitado de RFI on April 30, 2025, interviewed by Jordi Batallé on the Spanish-language service of Radio France Internationale, the day before her Paris debut at the Duc des Lombards jazz club.
The full interview, in Spanish, on RFI Español’s YouTube channel. Listen on rfi.fr →
Born in Veracruz and based in New York, Lucía is the first Mexican artist to win the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Her self-titled debut album, produced by Matt Pierson, moves between jazz standards and the Latin American songbook with pianist Edward Simon, bassist Larry Grenadier, drummer Antonio Sánchez and saxophonist David Sánchez. Before that, she sang on Natalia Lafourcade’s De Todas Las Flores and toured with her.
From the album, her version of Agustín Lara’s “Veracruz”:
About RFI and El invitado de RFI
RFI (Radio France Internationale) is France’s international public radio, broadcasting worldwide in French and more than a dozen other languages. El invitado de RFI is the interview programme of its Spanish-language service, where Jordi Batallé receives guests from Latin America and Spain, musicians among them, often as they pass through Paris.
Monart arranged the interview with Jordi Batallé ahead of her Paris concert. See how we approach radio and press promotion for jazz artists.
Photo: Lucía Gutiérrez at RFI after the recording © Jordi Batallé. More about Lucía: luciasings.com
