The cantaor is accompanied by Moraíto and Manuel Parrilla, among other musicians

Flamenco-world.com, December 2004
Photos: Daniel Muñoz

The eleventh album by Vicente Soto Sordera comes out on sale. The Jerez-born cantaor once again attempts to renew flamenco from within. The new album ‘eStar Alegre’ focuses on alegrías, bulerías and tangos, the most extroverted side of cante. And he manages “to keep up the “happy” tone without reverting to banalities, either in the expression, or in the arrangements, or in the instrumentation of the album”. This project “feeds on the freshness and new ideas” contributed by musicians such as Moraíto, Manuel Parrilla, Diego del Morao, Juañares and Tomasito. All the songs on the album - except ‘Pa vestir santos’ by José María Molero - have been written by Vicente Soto, who together with Josete Ordóñez, has also taken care of the production.

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