La Macanita returns with the flamenco cante album ‘Solo por eso’

The Jerez-born cantaora pays tribute to La Paquera and Chocolate on this sixth album, produced by Ricardo Pachón

Flamenco-world.com, April 2009

Seven years of silence have gone by since ‘La luna de Tomasa’. And La Macanita breaks it with a sixth solo album on which she once again has Ricardo Pachón as producer. ‘Solo por eso’ includes new tracks por bulerías, soleá, tangos and seguiriyas, some of which are composed by Fernando Terremoto, besides versions of ‘Cai’ by Alejandro Sanz and the zambra ‘Maldigo tus ojos verdes’ by La Paquera. The Jerez-born cantaora’s personal voice is backed by musicians such as guitarists Manuel Parrilla and Diego del Morao, but other instruments also appear like bass, piano and accordion.

La Macanita (Photo Daniel Muñoz)

La Macanita returns with ‘Solo por eso’. The album includes a varied repertoire of songs to the beat of different flamenco styles. Standing out is the soleá por bulerías ‘Cobre viejo’, a previously unreleased work by poet Carlos Lencero dedicated to the now historic cantaor Chocolate. Two scores are also contributed by fellow cantaor Fernando Terremoto; specifically, the bulerías ‘Volver a verte’ and the tangos ‘Déjame volar’.

Moreover, there is room for two versions of very different styles. One is from this time, that of the pop song ‘Cai’ by singer Alejandro Sanz. And the other, a reference to the past and her aunt Francisca Méndez ‘La Paquera’, the zambra ‘Maldigo tus ojos verdes’. The album’s contents are rounded off with the traditional cantes ‘De la raíz del olivo’ por soleá and ‘Venta el Noguero’ por seguiriyas.

The artist is flanked by the Jerez guitars of Manuel Parrilla and Diego del Morao. And the group of instrumentalists is joined with a more current air by guitarists Charly Cepeda and Andrés el Pájaro, bass player Manolo Nieto, drummer Jimmy González and Álvaro Gandul playing the piano, harmonica and accordion. As on her outstanding album ‘Jerez-Xères-Sherry’, she once again has Ricardo Pachón as producer, whose curriculum possesses now mythical albums such as ‘La leyenda del tiempo’ by Camarón.