The album, produced by Juan Carlos Romero, will be launched at the
2006 Festival Bienal de Sevilla

Flamenco-world.com, August 2006

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After his dabblings in contemporary music, Argentinean tango and poetry in Catalan, Miguel Poveda returns to flamenco territory. The new album ‘Tierra de calma’ will be released this coming September, to coincide with the live première at the 2006 Festival Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla. As he announced in an interview for Flamenco-world.com a couple of years ago, the album is a collaboration with Huelva-born guitarist and composer Juan Carlos Romero, who previously produced Arcángel.

Miguel Poveda (Photo: Daniel Muñoz)

‘Tierra de calma’ contains a varied repertoire of flamenco palos. There's no lack of basic styles such as tangos, bulerías, soleá and seguiriyas, already covered on his previous discs ‘Zaguán’ and ‘Viento del este’. To this he adds other less conventional styles like the farruca, the malagueña and the closing toná ‘Canto de la resignación’, which he ‘borrows’ from the latest album by Carmen Linares. As an added twist, he takes a journey to the borderline between flamenco and popular Spanish music, taking on sevillanas and a copla.

As Juan Carlos Romero explained in an interview published by Flamenco-world.com in October 2004, “We don't want to get into a lot of messes beyond making a flamenco album with new compositions seeking, simply, flamenco”. He also added that “We're not going to seek out any question of commerciality or anything; just make an album that we like. And Miguel Poveda is at his peak” (read full interview).

Miguel Poveda presents ‘Tierra de calma’ accompanied on guitar by Juan Carlos Romero as part of the 2006 Festival Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla. The concert is scheduled for the 28th September at Teatro Lope de Vega. Until then, he'll continue with his tour, dropping in at the Festival del Cante de las Minas in La Unión in a joint venture with Luis el Zambo (6th August), the Festival de Cante Grande Puente Genil (14th August) and the Festival Flamenco de Isla Cristina (15th August), among other dates.

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