El
Lebrijano translates Gabriel García Márquez's
texts into flamenco. The cantaor is scheduled to begin
recording a new album of orchestrated flamenco in February 2006,
on which he will sing lyrics taken from books such as ‘El
coronel no tiene quien le escriba’, ‘Cien años
de soledad’ and ‘La increíble y triste historia
de la cándida Eréndida y su abuela desalmada’.
The ten-song repertoire will be seasoned by the accompaniment
of violinist Faiçal Kourrich, who he already conversed
with on his previous album, ‘Puertas abiertas’.
According to the cantaor, he already has the blessing of the
Colombian writer, who said of him years ago: “When El
Lebrijano sings, it's like magic”.
