Every new album the Spanish flamenco-jazz singer Concha Buika spreads her wings more and more. Just as her parents once emigrated from Equatorial Guinea to the Spanish island of Mallorca, she now lives in sunny Miami, Florida. And with her dark, hoarse voice, she not only seduces a flamenco-loving audience, but also aficionados of Afro-Cuban Latin, jazz and soul. On her fourth studio album La Noche
… Más Larga, she sings in addition to five of her own songs in her very own way also classics that we associate with legendary greats such as Billy Holiday, Nina Simone and Abbey Lincoln. Jacques Brel's famous Ne Me Quitte Pas sounds passionate in a smooth and swinging flamenco nuevo style. The album starts energetically with extraverted uptempo songs. Further on, more space is created for introspection and tranquil emotions. She sounds most beautiful in the songs composed by herself. Such as No Lo Sé, with guitar playing by Pat Metheny, and the soulful Los Solos. (SvdP)more
