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FLAMENCO DISCOGRAPHIES. MIGUEL POVEDA
The versatile (and ‘in’)
cantaor
Flamenco-world.com, April 2010
Miguel Poveda is an image of flamenco
today. A young cantaor, with a mastery of tradition, the
stage, hybrids and audiences, who performs a seguiriya with
the same intensity and vocal quality as a copla or poem
with jazz accompaniment. He upholds his early 2007 National
Music Prize with a constant, varied record career which
kicked off back in the mid-’90s, right after winning
the Lámpara Minera at the La Unión contest.
Between ‘Viento del Este’ and ‘Coplas
de querer’ there’s a lot of ‘Miguel Poveda
music’ to enjoy… in Spanish, in Catalan, in
flamenco, in tango, in copla and in jazz. But he still has
a lot left to say, since he doesn’t feel “that
I’ve made my flamenco album yet”. Meanwhile…
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Coplas
del querer 2009
Miguel Poveda has always
maintained that he reached flamenco thanks to
the coplas which his mother used to listen to
on the radio. Of course, the ones who performed
them were first-rate cantaores such as La Paquera
and Manolo Caracol. And he never lost that bond,
halfway between cante and the Spanish tonadilla.
In fact, on this ‘Coplas del querer’
he settles this tale of love for music with
a double album on which he performs no fewer
than 18 coplas accompanied by guitarist Chicuelo
and the contemporary orchestrations of Joan
Albert Amargós. Moreover, ‘A ciegas’,
the main track on the soundtrack of Almodóvar’s
film ‘Los abrazos rotos’, is included.
By the way, this has been his first hit album,
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| Cante
i orquesta 2008
Miguel Poveda sings on the record ‘Cante
i Orquestra’ accompanied by an orchestra
and Chicuelo on guitar. With the sound of the
Simfonietta Porta Ferrada, conducted by Joan
Albert Amargós, the Catalan cantaor performs
styles such as bulerías, seguiriyas,
alegrías and tientos. He adds the sonnet
‘Romance de la dulce queja’ by Lorca,
the copla ‘Telo juro yo’ and the
Catalan folk song ‘El cant dels ocells’
to this repertoire. The album was recorded live
on August 4th, 2007 at the 21st Castell de Peralada
Festival, after several years developing the
project. It began seven years earlier as an
initiative of Barcelona’s Grec Festival,
Vic’s Mercat de la Música Viva
and Taller de Musics, and was performed at different
festivals with orchestras such as the Malmö
Symphonic and the National Orchestra of Spain.
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Tierra
de calma 2006
An album entirely composed by guitarist Juan
Carlos Romero which pays homage to Sevilla,
the city where Miguel Poveda has lived for
several years. After his dabblings in contemporary
music, Argentinean tango and poetry in Catalan,
Miguel Poveda returns to flamenco territory.
Released to coincide with the live première
at the 2006 Festival Bienal de Flamenco de
Sevilla, the album includes tangos, farrucas,
bulerías, malagueñas o sevillanas
created expressly for his voice.
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| Desglaç
2005
An album of Catalonian songs performed by Miguel
Poveda. Not a flamenco album, but a collector's
item for his followers. A selection of poems
turned into music by composers such as Enric
Palomar, Chicuelo, Marcelo Mercadante, José
Reinoso and self Miguel Poveda, including collaborations
with Gil Miquel, Moncho, Joan Albert Amargós
and Antonio Serrano. The poets chosen were Maria
Mercè Marçal, Verdaguer, Gabriel
Ferrater, Josep Piera, Sebastià Alzamora,
Narcis Comadira, Valenti Gomez, Joan Margarit,
Joan Barceló, Joan Brossa and Enric Casasses.
It includes an interesting DVD documentary.
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Poemas
del exilio 2004
Live recording at L'Auditori in Barcelona
on May 7, 2003, 'Poemas del exilio' is a suite
for voice and chamber orchestra, directed
by Enric Palomar. In his fourth album, Poveda
turns “jondo” a selection of poems
by Rafael Alberti in exile, verses of the
book ‘Entre el clavel y la espada’
and ‘Baladas y canciones del Paraná’.
Although not all flamenco, as in this CD,
whose music is interpreted by the Taller de
Musics’ Big Ensemble, also accommodates
the milonga and the tango of Argentina in
which the poet took refuge.
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| Zaguán
2001
Following two early albums, Miguel Poveda consolidates
his cantaor discourse on ‘Zaguán’.
On this record, he adapts styles like the liviana,
the cantiña and the pregón, combining
old-time references with his own contribution
of freshness, very evident in the tangos ‘Con
esa morena’. Here, he had the close collaboration
of Chicuelo as music director and co-producer,
as well as the special collaboration of toque
maestro Juan Habichuela. The participation of
Luis el Zambo and Moraíto would seal
a link with Jerez flamenco which he would later
turn into the show ‘Sin fronteras’.
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Suena
flamenco 1998
On his second solo album, Miguel Poveda broadens
registers upon performing a selection of styles
very different to that of his début
album. On the one hand, he throws himself
into rhythm styles like bulerías, rumba,
tangos, alegrías and tanguillos. And
on the other hand, he plunges into styles
with a sweet, melodic, song-style edge such
as zambras, romance and granaína. He
has Chicuelo and Moraíto on guitars,
and his special collaborators include cantaora
Montse Cortés and arranger Joan Albert
Amargós, who he will keep on collaborating
with in the future.
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| Viento
del Este 1995
Shortly after becoming known upon winning the
Lámpara Minera and three other awards
at the 1993 La Unión Cante de las Minas
Festival, Miguel Poveda recorded his first disc.
‘Viento del Este’ was the Catalan
cantaor’s début album, a letter
of introduction with a variety of styles, from
the bulería to the toná, with
fandangos, soleá and cartagenera in between,
influenced by maestros such as El Gloria, Varea,
Chacón, Mairena and Camarón. He
was accompanied by Moraíto, Pepe Habichuela
and Julián el Califa on guitars, and
had the special collaboration of José
Soto ‘Sorderita’. In 2010, the disc
is re-released in a special digipack version
which, besides the original album, includes
four cantes recorded live at La Unión,
accompanied on guitar by Juan Ramón Caro.
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Collaborations
Rosa
de los vientos 2010
Juan Ramón Caro was one of the guitarists
who backed Miguel Poveda in his early days.
And it was only natural for him to collaborate
on his colleague’s first album. He does
so by lending his voice to the cantiñas
‘Valle del Sol’.
Un
canto a la libertad 2009
On the disc ‘Un canto a la libertad’
by Cádiz-born cantaor Pansequito, Miguel
Poveda collaborates by performing the bulerías
‘María Elena’.
Barcas
de plata 2008
His collaboration on Encarna Anillo’s
album ‘Barcas de plata’ goes way
beyond the lyrics which he sings in the bulerías
‘Dulce veneno’. Poveda appears
in the credits as the album’s executive
producer and was the one who pushed the young
Cádiz-born to take the step forward.
Viento
del Norte 2008
Guitarist Jesús Torres chose Miguel
Poveda - who he coincided with in Isabel Bayón’s
show ‘La puerta abierta’ - to
sing the jabera ‘Mármol de espuma’
for him on his disc ‘Viento del Norte’.
And he did so because “the timbre of
his voice is really warm, because he has great
taste in everything he does”.
Trabajito
de chinos 2008
With the sui generis singer and bailaora
La Shica, Miguel Poveda did a special collaboration
in the sweet song ‘Dos carnes paralelas’
on her début album ‘Trabajito
de chinos’.
Flamenco
big band 2008
After being awarded the 2007 National Music
Prize in performance, Poveda tackles an active
year of collaborations. The one he does with
Perico Sambeat in ‘Flamenco big band’
features his versatility amidst an orchestra
and jazz. But really, he sings por martinete,
bulerías, soleá, tanguillos,
guajira… and a lullaby.
Qawwali
flamenco 2006
Duquende, Chicuelo and Miguel Poveda were
the flamencos who faced the challenge of bridging
the gap with the qawwali music of Faiz Ali
Faiz. The project was born live, promoted
by Taller de Musics, and ended up materializing
into a book-album with 2 CDs and an interesting
DVD on the process.
Territorio
flamenco 2003
On the collective album ‘Territorio
flamenco’, where several cantaores perform
great songs of universal music, Miguel Poveda
took over the Argentinean tango ‘Cuesta
abajo’, a genre he would touch on some
time later and with a great deal of ease in
‘Poemas del exilio’.
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Miguel Poveda. 'Coplas del querer'
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CD. Miguel Poveda, 'Tierra de calma'
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Miguel Poveda, 'Poemas del exilio'
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Miguel Poveda, 'Zaguán'
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Miguel Poveda, 'Viento del este. Edición 2010 (+ Festival
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