Flamenco-world.com, June 2006

A new echo joins the flamenco scene... with endorsements. The young Huelva-born cantaor Pitingo launches his début album with the backing of the Habichuela family. Juan Habichuela, Pepe Habichuela, El Camborio and Antonio Carmona accompany the cantaor related to the Pavón family on this, his first record. The album ‘Pitingo con Habichuelas’ comes out on June 5th, 2006.

Pitingo (Photo: Daniel Muñoz)

The record opens with a song por ‘soulerías’ (something like “flamenco soul”) entitled ‘Familia Habichuela’, in which Juan Habichuela, Pepe Habichuela and El Camborio come together on guitars, plus Antonio Carmona on percussions. Following this spirited start, it continues with alegrías, granaínas and a song por bulerías in which Javier Barón’s feet can be heard. Soleares, fandangos caracoleros, tangos, Jerez seguiriyas and a cross between the Mellizo malagueña and pasodoble complete a repertoire closing with a fiesta por tangos.

Enrique Morente himself describes Pitingo’s performance as “formidable” on this album, recorded between December 2005 and March 2006 at Sonoland Studios in Madrid and at La Bodega de Jerez. The production has been taken care of by José Manuel Gamboa, who has been in charge of recent flamenco albums like ‘Un ramito de locura’ by Carmen Linares.

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