La Malinche is a record born from urgency. From ICE raids and systemic racism to abuse of power and erased histories, this album is Eva Cortés singing back—loudly, rhythmically, and without apology. She calls it “Protest meets Rhythm”: music as vindication, memory, and collective dance floor. The title references La Malinche, the Indigenous woman enslaved during the Spanish conquest who became translator, survivor, and mother of the first mestizo child recorded in colonial chronicles. Cortés reclaims her not as a traitor, but as a symbol of resilience, forced hybridity, and Indigenous endurance. From Ushuaia (Argentina) to Utqiagvik (Alaska), the album insists on a radical truth: despite borders, colonization, and attempts at erasure, the Indigenous peoples of the Americas are one continuum—alive, strong, and still reclaiming their destiny. Musically, La Malinche blends jazz with flamenco, Afro-Latin and Indigenous influences. The result is music that invites you to dance, think, and stand up at the same time. Songs like “Abuelita Malinche” summon ancestral feminine wisdom; “Hij@s del Maíz” affirms Indigenous kinship across Turtle Island; “Sur Global” reframes the Global South as a movement, not a map. “Letters from Heaven”responds to the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women after Cortés visited the San Carlos Apache Reservation, while “Indians of All Tribes” draws inspiration from the 1969 Alcatraz Occupation and its call for unity across nations. Recorded between Madrid and New York, the album brings together musicians Cortés has admired and collaborated with throughout her life, creating what she describes as a deeply joyful, high-energy studio experience—part recording session, part collective ritual. At its core, La Malinche isn’t about nostalgia or victimhood. It’s about joy as resistance, rhythm as survival, and music as a place where history, protest, and hope move together.

Todas las Voces (2020) by Eva Cortés is a New York–recorded album that moves between Latin jazz, flamenco phrasing, and blues. Sung in Spanish and English, it combines original compositions with personal interpretations of songs that are part of her musical path, shaped as a continuous narrative. The focus is on voice, phrasing, and meaning, with migration, identity, and memory running through the record.