Nina de Fuego

Concha Buika

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 2008)
• Original Release Date: June 2, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wea International
• ASIN: B0017H8JR6
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,547 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Buika unveils herself on the cover and bears all on her third album,
Niña de Fuego. Buika does away with the costumes that usually
decorate album covers, stripping away all but her feelings.
When she moved to Madrid and recorded her first album, she showed
the never-ending possibility of her skills as a singer. With her second
album,Mi Niña Lola, produced by Javier Limón, she got the
credibility, the recognition, the awards, the performances, and the
exciting reviews that left people breathless.
Her career cannot be summarized in a sentence but when she opens her
mouth you realize there is no singer like her.
Buika now arrives with her third album, Niña de Fuego (Girl
of Fire) again teaming up with producer Javier Limón. On this album,
Buika returns to the Spanish copla, performs for the first time several
ranchera songs, and also some new songs composed by herself and Javier
Limón. The album is full of songs about love and longing affection.
Buika sings of her personal experience in the lyrics that she and Javier
Limón wrote and composed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nu Flamenco at its best. Enthralling., October 13, 2008

By	Potente - See all my reviews

The free-spirited Mallorcan diva Buika represents a new flamenco phenomenon.
Buika grew up among gitanos in Majorca and it shows, although she delivers her vocals with the nonchalant ease of a jazz singer.
Her latest album is "Nina De Fuego". Concha Buika's singing is soulful and untamed.
Her husky voice and songs are striking.
On this disc she works with Javier Limón on guitar and Iván González Lewis on piano.
There are also atmospheric trumpet solos in this set of predominantly introspective songs. Without ever raising her voice, Buika is a sensual singer reinvigorating Spain's dynamic nu-flamenco scene.
She has taken an age-old tradition and applied her own style influenced by her African roots.
Buika mixes flamenco with a more informal vocal style that draws on jazz and soul.
The simmering passion, when it explodes, is overwhelming. She sings about love with feelings that are far more dangerous than romantic.
The arrangements, deftly interweaving flamenco, fado and Cubana, are intimate and impeccably executed.
This combination of raw emotion and sweet music creates something enthralling.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The one and only Buika, October 17, 2008

By	Rossana Carrasco "Rossana" (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ever since I read a synopsis of her life and music career in the newspaper a year ago, I was intrigued. I went to see her in a small local theater, and since then I was hooked. She mixes African and Spanish rythms with jazz and Latin beats to create an amazing sound. Her voice is captivating and penetrating. She portrays herself through her music.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BUIKAS NEWEST CD, August 31, 2008

By	LORCA (PUERTO RICO) - See all my reviews

JUST RECEIVED MY ORDER OF BUIKA'S "NIŅA DE FUEGO". ITS BUIKA, IS TOP QUALITY. ENOUGH SAID.IF YOU KNOW BUIKA, YOU KNOW YOU MUST HAVE IT. IF YOU DON'T, LISTEN TO HER AND GET BEWITCHED BY HER UNIQUE VOICE AND STYLE.-THE PURCHASE PROCESS WAS EXCELLENT.