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The captivating intimacy of Arcángel and his 'Abecedario' Flamenco'

The flamenco singer from Huelva offered a broad, intimate and mellow recital at the Jerez Festival in honor of fellow professionals who have marked the recent history of the flamenco world jondo.

Kiko Valle by Kiko Valle
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'Alphabet Flamenco', by Arcángel. XXX Jerez Festival. Atalaya Museums, Jerez. February 22, 2026. Photo: Rina Srabonian

'Alphabet Flamenco', by Arcángel. XXX Jerez Festival. Atalaya Museums, Jerez. February 22, 2026. Photo: Rina Srabonian

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Archangel He remembered the great songs or canteemblematic of Dying, Pepe de Lucia, Poveda, Diego Carrasco placeholder image, Jose Merce, Lole and Manuel, Mayte Martín o Camarón as a heartfelt tribute to their already historic contributions to flamenco recent. The room overflowed with Atalaya Museums of the Jerez Festival to offer a broad, intimate, and mellow concert that revealed his gratitude as a fan and his generosity as a flamenco singer. Without intending to correct anyone, he and his group—all from Huelva—performed some of the recognizable melodies from the flamenco soundtrack of his generation. Alphabet flamenco It was thus understood as a tribute recital and was met with the approval of an audience that applauded the proposal.

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It was accompanied by the delicate and precise percussion of Lito Manez, with the lullaby of the choirs and palmas de The Twins and two guitars, the one from Francis Gomez leading the way and that of Benito Bernal, who shielded him without artifice, but stood out for his original guitar-playing personality.

Arcángel presented a meticulously crafted show, simple in its narrative and mathematical in its execution, so much so that it bordered on the lukewarm of professionalism. It lacked improvisation, but this didn't diminish the moments of genuine connection with the audience. He built momentum, warming his voice as he shed the strictures of the script and imbued the exquisite melismas with his tremendous talent, rounding out a concert brimming with captivating intimacy.

 

"The hall at the Atalaya Museums was overflowing for a spacious, intimate, and mellow concert that revealed his gratitude as a fan and his generosity as a flamenco singer. Without intending to correct anyone, he performed his own versions of some of the recognizable melodies from the flamenco soundtrack of his generation."

 

'Alphabet Flamenco', by Arcángel. XXX Jerez Festival. Atalaya Museums, Jerez. February 22, 2026. Photo: Rina Srabonian
'Alphabet Flamenco', by Arcángel. XXX Jerez Festival. Atalaya Museums, Jerez. February 22, 2026. Photo: Rina Srabonian

 

Morent's version of The Legend of Time He opened the gentle paths of caresses. And the singer's almost expressionless gesture continued to unfurl until the encore at the end of the night. He finished by seeding the stage with a well-chosen bouquet of fandangos from Huelva that bordered on perfection. Plus a dozen more canteYes, almost always weaving together the silences, the man from Huelva engaged the audience with well-modulated phrases, and this critic cannot find fault with the silken melodies with which he captivated the listeners. He left. At dawn with Pepe de Lucía and shone in tangos and in the bulerías por soleá that sheltered the Romance of the Bitter One de CamarónHe woke up New day by Lole and Manuel, whose fiftieth anniversary has just been celebrated, a commemoration that rescues the first cry of the new flamenco. The Loops Francis Gómez's guitar playing provided the foundation upon which Arcángel shone in his interpretation of the Lullaby of the Big Horse, apparently foreshadowed by a nod to the Arabesque Gypsy de Nino RicardoHe continued alone, accompanying himself on the guitar, with the Colorful Lullaby by Diego Carrasco, from whom he also chose the Colored pins which the Jerez native shared with Miguel Poveda. He ended up asking S.O.S with sensitive homage to Mayte Martín. Again with the musicians, the swaying to tangos continued, fresh Like waterI thought I heard the sound of the levantica The Lame Man from Malaga linked between the thirds of others canteminers. And it gently touched my heartstrings with the Dime that Lole embroidered. She returned to the echoes of Granada with I gave the hunt a chance de Estrella Morenteraising my blood sugar. He dedicated the joys to her. Maria Discordia from José Mercé to the renowned radio journalist José María Velázquez-Gazteluwho enjoyed the concert next to me. And after the incessant applause, he locked the Z of his Alphabet flamenco with those fandangos, emerging in the Alosno region.

 

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Alphabet Flamenco, of Archangel
XXX Jerez Festival
Museums of La Atalaya, Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz)
February 22th 2026
Cante: Archangel
Guitars: Francis Gómez and Benito Bernal
Percussion: Lito Manez
Choirs and palmas: The Twins

 

'Alphabet Flamenco', by Arcángel. XXX Jerez Festival. Atalaya Museums, Jerez. February 22, 2026. Photo: Rina Srabonian
'Alphabet Flamenco', by Arcángel. XXX Jerez Festival. Atalaya Museums, Jerez. February 22, 2026. Photo: Rina Srabonian
'Alphabet Flamenco', by Arcángel. XXX Jerez Festival. Atalaya Museums, Jerez. February 22, 2026. Photo: Rina Srabonian
'Alphabet Flamenco', by Arcángel. XXX Jerez Festival. Atalaya Museums, Jerez. February 22, 2026. Photo: Rina Srabonian
'Alphabet Flamenco', by Arcángel. XXX Jerez Festival. Atalaya Museums, Jerez. February 22, 2026. Photo: Rina Srabonian
'Alphabet Flamenco', by Arcángel. XXX Jerez Festival. Atalaya Museums, Jerez. February 22, 2026. Photo: Rina Srabonian

 

Kiko Valle

Kiko Valle

Journalist by vocation of the jondo, inveterate aficionado, singer of writing. On a journey to the emotions of the ritual of flamencoKiko Valle –Utrera, 1979– requires the interplay of words and images to depict the turmoil of a flamenco lament, the colors of a flamenco song, or the sting of pain. Critic of flamenco, presenter, speaker, photographer and videographer for more than two decades.

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