Image taken from the artist's Instagram profile (@albitacantante). Cuban night with Albita in Madrid
On the night of February 1st, Cuban singer Albita performed in concert at the Recoletos Jazz Hall in Madrid. After five years without performing in Spain, the artist came back to present her latest album For the love of my landaccompanied by Cuban musicians Yelsy Heredia, Dani Morales, Lino Lores and Edgar Olivero.
For the love of my land is a live album -the 17th of his career-, consisting of 12 popular Cuban songs, among them The manisero and the Guantanamera.
Albita is considered one of the renovators of the island's music and holds the Order for National Culture. She is the winner of two Latin Grammys and an Emmy, in addition to several nominations for important awards throughout her artistic career.
Topics like Qué manera de quererte were played that night at Albita's unloading in Madrid, with an eminently Cuban audience that ended up shouting for "Otra! The request was met with the return of the artist to the stage to interpret Lágrimas negras at the close of the evening.
About the concert at Recoletos Jazz, the singer said on her Instagram profile to have felt "pampered and happy" by her audience.