Genre
Rumba flamenca and balada flamenca. The album moves between festive rumbas, emotional ballads, and the more austere flamenco forms - including a version of "La Salvaora," associated with cantaor Manolo Caracol, and a tribute to Camarón de la Isla, "Déjame llorar," and the celebrated "Lola, eres nuestra," a declaration of devotion to Lola Flores.
Release
Released on November 3, 1995, by Horus Records.
Production
Produced by Ketama - the Romani flamenco group of Antonio, Juan, and José Miguel Carmona - who shaped the album's sound with arrangements that blend traditional flamenco structures with contemporary production values. Paco de Lucía contributed guitar to "Lola, eres nuestra", though he does not appear in the credits, presumably for contractual reasons
Reception
The album was Parrita's most celebrated commercial and artistic release, establishing him definitively as "the king of the flamenco ballad" among aficionados. Paco de Lucía described him as someone who "tuned like an angel." The album confirmed Parrita's place in the front rank of popular flamenco artists of the 1990s alongside Ketama, Tomatito, and other figures of the "nuevo flamenco" generation.
Parrita
Vicente de Castro Giménez, known as Parrita, was born on December 17, 1958, in Nazaret, neighbourhood of Valencia, into a Romani family with deep flamenco roots. His stage name derived from his father's admiration for the Valencian actor Vicente Parra. He followed in the footsteps of his older brother El Pety, a cantaor and winner of the Festival de Cante de las Minas. He launched his recording career in 1982 with a personal version of Cecilia's "Dama, dama," and over the following decade built a catalogue of twelve albums in which flamenco, rumba, and melodic ballad were combined in an unmistakably personal style. His stellar collaborations included Paco de Lucía on "Quita el sentío", Tomatito on Canastero, Carles Benavent and Josep Mas "Kitflus" on Baladas Gitanas, and Joan Albert Amargós on Entre la espada y la pared. After his death on October 26, 2020, in Terrassa, tributes were paid by Rosalía, Malú, Alejandro Sanz, and Miguel Poveda.
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