Lupita Infante

The Read

She is the granddaughter of Pedro Infante, which is roughly the equivalent of being a Hank Williams descendant here — an inheritance that can crush a career as easily as launch one. Her answer has been to work squarely inside ranchera and mariachi, singing the standards with a full ensemble and writing in the same idiom. It is a conservative choice made confidently, and the voice justifies it. Marathon Music Works is a converted industrial building with a big open floor, and mariachi arrangements fill that kind of space well — trumpets and violins were built for rooms with hard walls. A Sunday-night booking for an audience that does not often get this music at this scale in Nashville. Expect the crowd to sing along in full voice.

The Room

Marathon Music Works

1402 Clinton St

A large, open, industrial room in Marathon Village for the tours that need more floor than a club and less ceremony than an arena.