Pepa de Benito has had the good fortune to be born a 'cantaora' in a family of great artistic prestige: the Pininis from Utrera and Lebrija. Her nephew Pedra Bacan successfully managed to overcome her reluctance to sing in public and got her to join his acclaimed group, 'The Pinini clan'. After ten years of giving concerts and taking part in recordings, she proves, in this, her first solo album, that,... weiterlesen
After having sung in the main Barcelona flamenco tablaos for a number of years, Juaneke, a pure gipsy raised in the La Mina barrio of Barcelona, takes the plunge aided by Maestro Chicuelo, into the world of recording. The power and freshness of his live performances are preserved intact here in studio versions. weiterlesen
Born in Cadiz, Rafael Alberti had to flee Spain after the defeat of the Republican government in 1939. He exiled himself in Argentina where he wrote numerous poems expressing his nostalgia and concern for his war-torn country. His Andalusian-sounding verses inspired the composer Enric Palomar, who wrote a suite for chamber orchestra and flamenco voice with echoes of Argentinian music, and which Miguel... weiterlesen