“Encarna
Anillo is the maximum expression of sweetness and beauty,
a complete cantaora who learns from tradition and the
maestros to say what she feels”
José Luis Ortiz Nuevo, writer
Encarna Anillo “is
going to be somebody in flamenco”. And the one
so foretelling is none other than ‘the lady of
cante’, maestra Carmen Linares, who is the young
Cádiz-born singer’s artistic sponsor. She’s
in her early twenties, but she is already an experienced
jondo vocalist, who might as easily collaborate with
flamenco bailaor Farruquito as with contemporary choreographer
Blanca Li. Solid fondness, extensive knowledge of cante,
perfect control of her voice and exquisite feeling when
performing are combined in her art, as experts, enthusiasts
and colleagues in the business agree. And she thus demonstrates
on ‘Barcas de plata’, her first solo album,
a record produced by Miguel Poveda on which the classical
and the present connect naturally.
‘Barcas de plata’
is a dream come true. Encarna Anillo was still a little
girl when she was carried away by the magic of La Caleta
beach in Cádiz, right at dusk, when the fishing
boats are tinged with a silvery sheen. And she knew
then that she was going to be a cantaora and that her
first album would capture those dreams forever. That’s
why her premiere album is a “veteran’s début”.
Although she belongs to a generation
of cantaores born in the eighties, she is an experienced
artist who has rubbed shoulders on stages with Chano
Lobato, with Duquende, with Miguel Poveda...; who has
accompanied baile figures of the likes of Israel Galván,
Belén Maya, Farruquito...; who collaborates as
a guest star in ‘Poeta en Nueva York’ by
Blanca Li, in ‘Desde el alma’ by Carmen
Linares, in ‘No hay quinto malo’ by Niña
Pastori, in ‘Gitanas’ by La Farruca... She
now possesses experience that dazzles when she gets
up on stage, a natural habitat where she grows, where
she expresses, where she feels, where she gets feelings
across, where she enhances flamenco, an art form she
loves limitlessly.
All of it is exalted, moreover, when
what she is performing is her dream. ‘Barcas de
plata’ live is a faithful staging of the album,
of its ten tracks, one by one. And she does so accompanied
by some of the most interesting guitarists on today’s
flamenco scene, such as Jerez-born Juan Diego, Juan
Requena, Algeciras-born José Manuel León...
But it’s not all music. Also important to her
is the dynamics, the intensity curve, the staging, so
that the concert turns out to be a full experience leading
not just to the ear, but also to the sight and heart
of those present. And the script is written by flamenco
cante itself: alegrías gaditanas, malagueñas,
milongas, bulerías, tangos trianeros, zambra,
soleá... A tour which calls upon memory, which
recalls historical maestros, but which also clings to
the present and to the personality of Encarna Anillo,
the cantaora of extreme sweetness, the cantaora of extreme
beauty.
‘En Cai la Lola’ alegrías
‘Haciendo por olvidarte’
malagueña y verdial
‘No hay tiempo’ bulerías
‘Carta a una salvaora’ zambra
‘Dios te compensará’ soleá
‘Si llegara a suceder’
milonga
‘Barcas de plata’ alegrías
‘Dulce veneno’ bulerías
‘Tangos del olivo’ tangos
‘Homenaje a La Perla’
bulerías
Encarna Anillo
(Cádiz, 1983). Cantaora
Encarna Anillo got
started in flamenco as a little girl, singing and dancing
at local contests in her hometown: Cádiz. As
a teenager she was already singing solo at festivals
in Andalusia, sharing the bill with figures of the likes
of Chano Lobato, Juan Villar, Mariana Cornejo, Terremoto,
Duquende and La Niña de la Puebla, among others.
In the facet of cante for baile, she
began together with bailaores such as Rafaela Carrasco,
Andrés Marín, Belén Maya, Rafael
Campallo and Farruquito, performing with all of them
on stages in Spain as well as international ones.
At Seville’s Bienal de Flamenco
in the year 2000, the cantaora takes part in several
shows. On the one hand, ‘Metamorfosis’ by
Sevillian bailaor Israel Galván, a show premiered
at the Teatro Lope de Vega. On the other hand, ‘Colores’
by bailaor Rafael de Carmen. And finally, in the performance
by the group of artists from Cádiz known as ‘Elenco
de Cádiz’. Three shows which served to
praise the talent of the young Cádiz-born cantaora.
In her training she goes on singing
for baile for the next two years, joining the companies
of Andrés Marín, Rafaela Carrasco, Farruquito
and Israel Galván. She stands out as a soloist
in a tour of Japan together with Chano Lobato, as well
as in a show within Barcelona’s Festival Grec,
accompanied on guitar by Chicuelo. Her good understanding
with the Catalan guitarist is signed and sealed in spring
2003, when they perform together on three more occasions.
The first, in the show ‘Flamenco en orquesta’
conducted by Joan Albert Amargós and performed
by cantaor Miguel Poveda. Second, on stage at the Palau
de la Música in Barcelona, where she shares the
bill together with Duquende. And the last, on a tour
of Japan within the Miguel Poveda Company.
In 2004, Sevillian bailaor Israel Galván
calls on her again for the show ‘Galvánicas’,
performing in Seville and Barcelona. Moreover, within
the Bienal de Flamenco, she takes part in ‘Sevilla’,
by Ortiz Nuevo; and sings again for Andrés Marín
in the show ‘Asimetrías’, achieving
great success in both. That same year, she collaborates
on two record projects: ‘No hay quinto malo’
(Ariola) by Niña Pastori and ‘Himno de
Andalucía’ (Universal).
In 2006 she combines her solo performances
at events as important as Barcelona’s Ciutat Vella
Festival and Madrid’s Veranos de la Villa Festival,
with her participation in the show ‘Gitanas’,
at the command of Rosario Montoya ‘La Farruca’.
That same season, she joins the Carmen Linares Company
as guest star in the show 'Desde el alma', together
with other artists like Carmelilla Montoya. She also
takes part in the recording of an audiovisual for the
sound company Bose, starring guitarist Juan Diego.
In summer 2007, she tackles the lead
role in the show 'Poeta en Nueva York' by Blanca Li,
performed throughout August at La Alhambra in Granada,
alternating the role with Carmen Linares. Then solo,
she provided a preview of the contents of her first
album, 'Barcas de plata', at Festival Málaga
en Flamenco 2007 at Gibralfaro Castle. The album, produced
by Miguel Poveda, will be released in early 2008 with
the record label Flamenco World Music. With the repertoire
off this first record, the Cádiz-born cantaora
starred in Flamenco-world.com’s 10th Anniversary,
which was celebrated at Tablao Las Carboneras in Madrid
on November 29th, 2007.
POR BLOGUERÍAS June 28th 2008 Brisa fresca de la bahía
“Barcas de Plata, primer trabajo de la gaditana
Encarna Anillo, huele a sal. La sal que mueve la brisa
en Cádiz. Cante clásico, sí, pero
suena a fresco en boca de esta debutante de 25 años
curtida en los escenarios como cantaora de atrás,
acompañando al baile” See
full page
PÚBLICO June 18th, 2008 Encarna Anillo: I write to capture what reaches
my soul
“This album was written in my personal diary and
all my experiences are sung on it” See
full page
EL PERIÓDICO June 18th, 2008 Encarna Anillo: In search of cante’s purity
and some ‘little kick’
“To me, being a cantaora involves echoing the
great maestros. Doing pure, classical flamenco, and
not justifying yourself by saying that isn’t ‘in’
any more” See
full page
EL PERIÓDICO •
EXIT June 14th, 2008 Review of Encarna Anillo’s ‘Barcas
de plata’ published in the supplement EXIT of
El Periódico by Lucía Flores
“A lovely voice for a decalogue of classical,
timeless cante with references to Caracol, Morente’s
clocks and La Perla de Cádiz” See
full page
EL PAÍS June 13th, 2008 Review of Encarna Anillo’s 'Barcas de
plata' published in the supplement EP3 by Ángel
Álvarez Caballero.
"Although she is a veteran artist, since she began
in Cádiz when she was just a little girl,
she now records her first solo album, in the line which
she has always vindicated; that of a classical cantaora." See
full page
EL MUNDO May 29th 2008 Review of Encarna Anillo’s 'Barcas de
plata', by J.M.Velázquez-Gaztelu
"En el disco se refleja la riqueza estilística
de Anillo, su amplio repertorio, con diez cantes en
ocasiones diametralmente opuestos, tanto en estructura
musical como en concepto rítmico: la milonga
y la bulería, la zambra y la soleá, que
no sólo demuestran la versatilidad de esta cantaora,
sino su capacidad para asimilar el legado flamenco en
sus más variadas formas" See
full page
CANAL SUR
RADIO May 14th, 2008
Interview with Encarna Anillo: Jesús Vigorra´s
program 'El Público', with Chano Lobato and Matilde
Coral
RNE 1 April 30th, 2008
Interview with Encarna Anillo about 'Barcas de plata'
on the program 'En días como hoy' (‘On
Days Like Today’) by Juan Ramón Lucas,
in the section dedicated to 'Duendeando' by Teo Sánchez
(RNE 1, National Spanish Radio)
ALMA 100 nº 76 April-May 2008 Review of Encarna Anillo’s 'Barcas de
plata', by Keiko
"On her début album, Cádiz-born cantaora
Encarna Anillo, with the luxurious accompaniment of
six guitarists (Chicuelo, Alfredo Lagos, Juan Requena,
Diego del Morao, Rafael Rodríguez and Juan Diego),
delivers a sincere, worthy record to us. The album reflects
the good taste of its two musical producers: Miguel
Poveda and José Anillo..." See
full page
EL PAÍS April 12th, 2008
Review of Encarna Anillo’s ‘Barcas de plata’
in the cultural supplement ‘Babelia’ of
‘El País’, by Fermín Lobatón
“A PRECOCIOUS UP-FRONT CANTAORA, this Cádiz-born
artist has gained experienced accompanying baile for
years. On her début album, which also inaugurates
a new label, she offers a panorama of styles which she
has jotted down in her travel log as she went along
learning them to make them her own...” See
full page
FLAMENCO-WORLD.COM March 2008
“In flamenco cante you can’t settle for
the gift you’ve been given”
Interview with Encarna Anillo, by Silvia Calado See
full page
DIARIO DE JEREZ February 27th, 2008 Flamenco’s future is secured
Jesús Torres, Encarna Anillo and David Lagos
present at the Bodega de los Apóstoles their
respective projects which have been driven forward by
the label Flamenco World Music • Torres presented
some of his best scores, Anillo paid tribute to La Perla
and Lagos triumphed with his original repertoire
Cover of the Festival de Jerez 2008 supplement See
full page
DIARIO DE JEREZ February 27th, 2008 The most complete youths in the world
Review of the concert ‘Flamenco World Music’,
by David Fernández See
full page
LA VOZ Juan José Téllez (Cádiz, November
30th, 2007)
“Rather sooner than later, we Andalusians will
again become what we once were. And the flamenco of
Cádiz, with Encarnita Anillo and many other young
names, will also become what it once was”
FLAMENCO-WORLD.COM
Silvia Calado (Madrid, October 18th, 2007)
And without wasting much time, Carmen Linares left her
place to her artistic godchild. Encarna Anillo picked
up the invitation with the temperance of an expert.
She chose alegrías, which are nearly innate to
her, to start off. But she chewed them over slowly,
unhurriedly, pressing only when she found it convenient
EL PAÍS Fermín Lobatón (Málaga, September
2nd, 2007)
“Care was taken in the way sung by the Cádiz-born
artist, who offered a very extensive range of styles
treated exquisitely. Encarna managed to shift from the
firm quejío to sweet words by uttering the cante
with mature temperance”.
EL MUNDO Manuel Martín (Málaga, August 31st,
2007)
“Encarna Anillo has at her disposal a melodious
register capable of adapting, by means of art and compás,
to the mysteries of those unforgettable cantes which
make anyone’s soul’s hair stand on end,
such as the soleá and alegrías of her
native land, the malagueña, the bulerías
and the tientos chaconianos”
