Calles del Olvido by Alejandro Valdés y Palo de Agua (CD)

ALEJANDRO VALDES (born 1988) is considered one of the best Flamenco guitar players in Cuba. As a teenager, VALDES attended courses for guitar and percussion and from 2004 onwards he was musical director of various subsequent groups before he founded PALO DE AGUA in 2016. The sextet gained the hearts of their Cuban audiences right from the start with their captivating live shows where a group of dancers joins the ensemble to give the audience a complete and unforgettable Flamenco experience. Already in their 2nd year of existence, PALO DE AGUA won the prestigious national prize “Cuerda Viva” in the category “Flamenco”!

It took another 2 years to record the debut album “Calles del Olvido”, a collection of finest tunes of what VALDES himself labels “New Flamenco of Cuba”: "It is the result of what we Cubans have been developing with Flamenco for more than four generations plus all my experience as a Cuban Flamenco musician".

The rendition of the tunes reveals a high interpretative / artistic quality (not to mention the virtuosic musical skills of the...  more