World-renowned writer Gabriel Garcia Márquez called the studio to ask if the recordings were moving forward. It says something about the status of flamenco singer Diego El Cigala. The album Lágrimas Negras that he released in 2003 with Bebo Valdes earned him a lot of fans. And not just famous fans. Ordinary Cubans lay on the doorstep of the Karl Marx Theater, hoping for a ticket to his concert,
… for which they readily paid two months' salary. With Dos Lágrimas (Two Tears) Diego delivers his second Cuban album. The title of the album can hardly refer to the musical content of the album, because that is far from sad. No, at Dos Lágrimas artificial boundaries between danzón, flamenco, bolero, salsa and latin jazz blur. El Cigala's lashings match the professional accompaniment that is alternately modest and busy swinging. In addition, with Guillermo Rubalcaba, El Cigala found a talent on the piano. At barely eighty, this veteran is still playing the roof of the roof. (PdK)more
