Silvana Estrada: 2026

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Last year, Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada released Vendrán Suaves Lluvias, the follow-up to 2022’s Marchita, the debut full-length that earned her a Latin Grammy for Best New Artist and a nomination in the Best Singer-Songwriter Album category.

A sophomore record from Silvana was always in the cards. The daughter of musicians and luthiers, she is, on both nature and nurture fronts, destined to spend her life making music.

But it was specifically tragic circumstances that dictated the new album’s tone. When writing Vendrán Suaves Lluvias, the artist was grappling with multiple griefs—romantic heartbreak as well as the death of her best friend, who was murdered in 2022. Vendrán Suaves Lluvias is named for, and translates to, “There Will Come Soft Rains,” Sara Teasdale's World War I poem that speaks to the enduring beauty of nature during, and beyond, wartime. 

Estrada's songs offer a similar offering of light in the darkness. While this album is the product and processing of pain, it’s also a work of healing and of hope. Whether or not you understand Spanish (the native language in which she sings), feeling transcends fluency and she draws from the deep well of human emotion that unites everyone.

She spent three years working on the self-produced Vendrán Suaves Lluvias, recorded at five studios across three countries. Following the release, she immediately hit the road, selling out shows across Europe and North America, where, just weeks after the album’s release, there were so many fans singing along that she could hardly hear herself and her band over their voices.

In a new FUV Live session, a solo Estrada performed a few songs from Vendrán Suaves Lluvias: “Dime,” “Flores” and “Como Un Parajo.” 

Silvana is as openhearted in conversation as she is in her art, discussing grief, poetry and her joint roles as producer, artist and activist. We might have talked forever if she hadn’t needed to head to grab her bags and catch a flight. 

[Recorded: 12/9/25: Engineered by Jim O'Hara with Erin Merriman and Nadia Garriga; produced by Meghan Suma. Videographers: Bella Lipayon, Nikki Phillips, Gina Slavin and Mia Vilke.]