Julieta Venegas tells NPR that her new album Norteña was a project that "started out of missing my family and Mexico." Yvonne Venegas hide caption toggle caption Yvonne Venegas Julieta Venegas left her childhood home in Baja California more than three decades ago. She wanted to make it as a musician, and she knew she had to move to Mexico City if she wanted a real shot. Her instincts were right — she ended up becoming a defining voice in Latin pop, releasing nine studio albums and selling out tours around the world — but she never stopped looking back at the northern Mexican soundscapes that raised her. For years, Venegas sprinkled those traditional elements throughout her records, employing her trusty accordion on hits like "Lento" and "Andar Conmigo," or adding a banda brass section to live performances.…