El Ifema Municipal Palace Madrid hosted the awards ceremony on Tuesday night III Awards of the Spanish Music Academy who had, yet another year, a notable accent flamenco, and in which the singer triumphed Rosalia with eight awards (Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop Album, Song of the Year, Best Pop Song, Producer of the Year, Composer of the Year, Best Music Video) out of the eight she was nominated for, although she did not appear to collect them.
Yes, he was present. flamenco from the hands of the winners jondos of the night: the flamenco singer from Jerez Maria Terremoto It won the award for Best Album flamenco by ManifestoA work that, he affirmed, was born “from the darkest side” of his heart, from his “most troubled experiences,” but which represents “the light at the end of the tunnel.” On the subject Miraíta-Rumba a LibertadThe award for Best Song went to the same album. flamenco.
For his part, the Sevillian multi-instrumentalist Diego Amador He won the award for Best Instrumental Album and Best Arrangement for his Flamenco SuiteOn the eve of the ceremony, Amador celebrated his nomination on social media, saying: “Once again I’ve stepped out of my comfort zone, and behind this album are many hours of research and care before arranging and recording all the instruments. I only feel joy in recognition when it aligns with my work, and in this case, it does. Congratulations to all my colleagues.”
It is worth remembering that the albums that were nominated for the Best Album award flamenco They were, in addition to the one from Earthquake, The first cry, Alejandro Hurtado; Straight into the circle flamenco from Madrid, de Luis the Zambo; Nerja, Rafael Niqueni; The fire that I carry inside, Lela Soto, and War on all of that, Open Front.
"The flamenco singer from Jerez, María Terremoto, won the award for Best Album flamenco For 'Manifiesto', a work that, he stated, was born 'from the darkest side' of his heart, from his 'most troubled experiences', but which represents 'the light at the end of the tunnel'. The award for Best Song went to 'Miraíta-Rumba a Libertad', from the same album. flamenco»
They were also competing for the Best Song award flamenco together with Maria the theme Domalabara by Rafael Riqueni; Fourth Working de David from Arahal; Inaccessible de Lela Soto; My Roots de Jose from Tomato, and Jealousy de the crumbs.
The air flamenco accompanied the gala from the beginning, whether through the presence of Pastori girl y Antonio Carmona as presenters, or by the presence of Dawn Flowers on behalf of the clan and as director of Flowers for Antonio, award for Best Documentary which adds to its Goya for Best Original Song.
Likewise, the group the square, with a notable flamenco influence, won the award for Best Urban Fusion/Interpretation for his song Really badLikewise, the Madrid native Café Central, which has provided such a wonderful and welcoming environment for many musicians flamencoYes, it was recognized as the Best Concert Hall.
Among the performances, it is worth highlighting that of Lela Soto and Rafael Riqueni along with Fito Robles, Walls and Xoel López, with a tribute to the late rocker Robert Iniesta, as well as María Terremoto performing with Antonio Serrano, Iván 'Melón' Lewis y Andrés Suarez a version of the The Ballad of Curro 'El Palmo' de Joan Manuel Serrat, recipient of this year's Honorary Award and a great fan. ♦
