Vicente Amigo, Diego el Cigala,
Estrella Morente, Enrique Morente and Javier Limón
opt for the 2006 Latin Grammy
Niña Pastori competes with Shakira
in the female pop category
Flamenco-world.com, October 2006
Flamenco’s current record
scene once again competes for its most international title.
In this edition, there are five albums opting for the 2006
Latin Grammy in the category of best flamenco album: ‘Un
momento en el sonido’ by Vicente Amigo, ‘Picasso
en mis ojos’ by Diego el Cigala, ‘Sueña
La Alhambra’ by Enrique Morente, ‘Mujeres’
by Estrella
Morente and ‘Limón’, a collective
album produced by Javier Limón. Moreover, Niña
Pastori leaves the category of flamenco with her album ‘Joyas
prestadas’ to fight with international artists of
the likes of Shakira in the category of best female pop
vocal album.
Vicente Amigo (Photo:
Daniel Muñoz)
There’s also a new nomination for
the now mythical ‘Lágrimas negras’ by
Diego el Cigala and Bebo Valdés, but this time going
to Fernando Trueba for directing the documentary released
on DVD ‘Blanco y Negro, en vivo’, one of the
audiovisuals nominated for best long-form music video.
In the last two editions, the Latin Grammy
has been awarded to a guitar album: ‘Aguadulce’
by Tomatito
in 2005 and ‘Cositas buenas’ by Paco de Lucía
in 2004. On this occasion, guitar is represented by Vicente
Amigo, who already won a Latin Grammy in 2001. Moreover,
repeating as nominees are Enrique Morente as well as Diego
el Cigala, who was given this award together with pianist
Bebo Valdés for ‘Lágrimas negras’.
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