En Vivo Conciertos Espana
is the first release of new material in seven years, and first live album in 18, by the flamenco guitar god par excellence. While
de Lucia
's output has slowed down considerably in the past two decades, the same cannot be said of his prodigious dexterity, in light of this two-CD set culled from his 2010 Spanish tour.
De Lucia
performs extended variations of eight of his compositions (almost every track surpasses the ten-minute mark) together with his new band of guitarist
Antonio Sanchez
, bassist
Alain Perez
, singers
David de Jacoba
and
Duquende
, harmonica player
Antonio Serrano
, and dancer
Farru
, all eminently up to
's notoriously high standards. A DVD with the "making-of" documentary La Inmortalidad del Concierto completes the release. ~ Mariano Prunes