Flamenco-world.com has an exclusive preview of the new Guadiana album with a free MP3 download of the bulerías 'Blanca es la plata'

Guadiana releases his second record 'Brillo de luna'

Guitarists Juan Carmona, Viejín and Niño Josele accompany the singer from Badajoz

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Antonio Suárez Salazar, Guadiana, has taken three years to return to the studio since releasing his debut album 'Cuando el río suena'. Guadiana reappears with 'Brillo de luna', a second album also released by Nuevos Medios which offers everything from tanguillos, rumbas and bulerías to seguiriyas, soleá and granaínas in its ten tracks. It even includes a version of Moutsaki's verdiales 'El Extranjero'. The cast of musicians who accompany Guadiana on this work includes, among others, the record producer Juan Carmona, Niño Josele, Viejín, José Miguel Carmona and Paquete. The singer Montse Cortés and the percussionists Guillermo McGuill, Piraña and Chaboli also lend a hand with important contributions.

Guadiana (Photo: Daniel Muñoz)

Guadiana has recorded his second album. The singer from the Porrina family from Extremedura is releasing 'Brillo de luna' on the Nuevos Medios label in May 2002. The record, produced by Juan Carmona, is helping the brother of Ramón el Portugués to cast off the label of top-class accompanist. And there is good reason why. Guadiana undertakes ten songs tangos, soleá por bulerías, coro, bulerías, granaína, rumba, tanguillos, verdiales and seguiriyas, the majority of which are written by himself. The variety of his repertoire gives some idea of the versatility of a singer capable of producing Moutsaki's verdiales, 'El Extranjero' - a track already included in 'Chanson Flamenca' (Karonte, 2001) - or getting carried away by Ketama-like sounds and then collecting himself for the seguiriyas in 'La Fragua'.

To help with his second record, Guadiana has surrounded himself with a notable cast of musicians. The guitars of Viejín, Juan Carmona, José Miguel Carmona, Niño Josele, Caracolillo, Paquete, Montoyita, Manuel Parrilla, Camarón de Pitita and Jesús del Rosario are all to be heard on the album. With the notable exception of Tomatito and the addition of Niño Josele, nearly all the artists also played on his first work 'Cuando el río suena', which also included Carles Benavent on bass and Tino di Geraldo on drums.

The percussion section is no less impressive. Chaboli, Piraña and Guillermo McGill are just some of the musicians who provide the rhythm for the singer. Many of the tracks also feature backing from voices such as Montse Cortés, Luisi Carmona, Ángela Bautista and Antonio el Negro; and the clapping and jaleos of, among others, Juañares, Pepe Luis Carmona and Chelo Pantoja..

MP 3 download

As an exclusive preview of Guadiana second album, Flamenco-world.com is offering a free download in MP3 format of 'Blanca es la Plata'. In these traditional bulerías written by Antonio Suárez Salazar, the singer is accompanied on guitar by Almeria's Niño Josele; on percussion by Sabú and Antón Suárez; and by Chule, Sabú, Antón and Bandolero with the jaleos.