AMPARO SANCHEZ
Amparo Sanchez has a sun-drenched voice; this exuberant “cantaora” knows like no other how to color her festive choruses with bolero, rumba, and Latin American folk. The Catalan singer is one of Spain’s most representative altermondialist and feminist artists. Two fairies leaned over the cradle of this Spanish singer who seems to have emerged from a new movida. First, ‘Manu Chao’, whom she met in the mid-nineties and who opened the doors of his studio, helping her launch her career. And then ‘Joey Burns’, pillar of the American band ‘Calexico’, who has closely followed her solo career and finalized the production of ‘Espiritu Del Sol’ in his Arizona studio. Her latest album definitively positions Amparo Sánchez as an emblematic artist of today—joyful, positive, and determined to fight against the surrounding gloom. Leader of an energetic band, a charismatic stage beast, this exuberant “cantaora” knows better than anyone how to color her festive refrains with bolero, folk rock, and rumba.
After her first solo album ‘Tucson-Habana’, which received an excellent response from both audiences and critics—considered surprising and moving—and her second album ‘Alma de Cantaora’.
The Spanish diva, winner of the BBC World Music Award in 2005 with her band Amparanoia, presents herself once again in a natural and sincere way.
It was in 2014 that the Spanish cantaora Amparo Sánchez returned to Tucson (Arizona) to work with Joey Burns from the band Calexico, with whom she had already collaborated on "Tucson-Habana", her third solo album. ‘Espiritu del Sol’ elevates Amparo Sánchez to the rank of one of the most charismatic, communicative, and warm voices on the Spanish music scene. ‘Espiritu del Sol’ (Spirit of the Sun) reflects her passion for bolero, rumba, and even Argentine cuarteto, all enhanced by the desert warmth conveyed by Joey Burns’ production. He produced the songs, but also invited other friends and musicians from Calexico such as John Convertino (drums), Sergio Mendoza (keyboards, accordion), Ryan Alfred (bass), Jacob Valenzuela (trumpet), and Les Mariachis Luz de Luna for the recording sessions. A few months later, back home in Spain, Amparo mixed the album in the Basque Country. For this, she worked with her longtime friend, sound engineer Kaki Arcarazo, whom she met while working together on “La Caravane des Quartiers” with Manu Chao.
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