Direct from the Feria Mundial de Flamenco, a Flamenco-world.com exclusive: "Se Busca", Joaquín el Canastero's new recording

Free download in MP3: Llama de candela viva

After years of searching, flamenco has salvaged the sixty-something singer Joaquín Carmona, El Canastero. "Se Busca" is the first solo recording of one of the composers of Camaron's circle, the person who created for José Monje such works as the bulerías 'Con roca y pedernal' included in Rosa María (1976): "A la orilla de un río, yo me voy solo y yo me pongo a coger varetas..."

Photo: José Lamarca

Joaquín Carmona (1936), born in a cane-field in Málaga, makes his recording debut in Se Busca, a title which infers his nomadic leanings. The record is presented as an eclectic collection, oblivious to fashion, flirting with bolero, rumba or tangos. A work born of the bohemian spirit of a man who lives in the mountains, alone and in freedom, in harmony with nature, who enjoys recalling his afternoons by the river with Camarón, a man who lives for cante grande, but gets excited about Tom Jones... Joaquín el Canastero, 'Se Busca' [is searching] and now finds himself at Flamenco-world.com where we offer 'Llama de candela viva', the song from his record that won't be out until November, an exclusive free download. .