The record, produced by Isidro Muñoz, has Miguel Ángel Cortés on guitar

S.C./ Flamenco-world.com, November 2006

Arcángel joins the list of cantaores of the Isidro Muñoz ‘factory’. The Huelva-born cantaor releases his third solo album, with the mark of the producer who has already handled cantaores such as José Mercé, Duquende and La Macanita. ‘Ropavieja’ brings traditional cante to the present, using one of today’s most prestigious flamenco voices as a medium. With Miguel Ángel Cortés and Daniel Méndez on guitar, the album has tangos, fandangos, a bolero and a trilla created by contemporary composer Mauricio Sotelo.

Arcángel (Photo: Daniel Muñoz)

Two years after ‘La calle perdía’, Arcángel returns to the recording studio. If he’d put himself in the hands of composer and guitarist Juan Carlos Romero for his first two records, on his third solo album he’s worked side by side with Isidro Muñoz. With the Cádiz-born producer, who has already composed and produced for cantaores like José Mercé, Duquende and La Macanita, he’s created ‘Ropavieja’, an album of traditional cante but embellished with certain crossovers.

Tangos and fandangos are complemented with a bolero and with the trilla ‘Humean las chozas’, a creation by contemporary composer Mauricio Sotelo, with whom the cantaor had already collaborated on the show ‘Sonetos del amor oscuro’. Heading up the group of musicians are guitarists Miguel Ángel Cortés and Daniel Méndez, who he has worked with live for several seasons. Joining them are other musicians like bass player Manolo Nieto and percussionist Piraña.

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