Singer Diego El Cigala brings back the Old World attitude of Latin vocals on this exciting mix of salsa and flamenco. He’s got an earthy 2 pack a day voice, with a personal delivery of a guy with blisters on his fingers, teaming up with a mix and match on this album of orchestras, bands and artists including Larry Harlow, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Oscar D’Leon.
Cigala sings with macho verve and passion with the Cali Salsa Big Band on “Moreno Soy” and rolls his “rrrr”s with delight as the horns punctuate with dashes on “El Paso de Encarnacion. Exotic percussion teams with a male chorus on the folksy and traditional sounding “Fiesta Para Bebo” and Cigala bears his soul as well as his hairy chest as he serenades with Antonio Rey’s gorgeous flamenco guitar on the irresistible “Se Nos Rompio’ Amor.”
Pianist Larry Harlow lurks and saunters with Jorge Santana’s guitar on “El Raton” , but best of all is when El Cigala teams up with Rubalcaba for a late night and lonely “Como Fue” that won’t leave a dry eye in the house. He’s coming around on a tour, with gigs in LA & SD Nov 18 & 19 …don’t miss it!!!