LARA MANZANARES
Lara Manzanares is a bilingual singer-songwriter from Northern New Mexico. She grew up singing the traditional New Mexican rancheras and corridos of her sheep-ranching childhood, and composes her own style of music in both English and Spanish. Through a combination of storytelling and songs both playful and sincere, Lara draws on her roots as she sings about love, loss, a sense of place, and her own connection to the land. Her original work has won various awards—most notably, Album of the Year at the 2018 New Mexico Music Awards for her first album, Land Baby. She has been invited to perform at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada for the last four years, and released her latest album, Yo Soy de Ti (I’m Yours) in November 2025. When she’s not out singing or helping on the ranch, you can find Lara on her Rio Grande loom, weaving tapestries with yarn from her family’s Churro sheep.