Miguel Poveda
MIGUEL POVEDA is one of the most respected flamenco singers in Spain and around the world.
He has been awarded numerous prizes during his 30-year career: the 2007 National Music Prize, the chair of flamenco studies of Jerez de la Frontera, the Andalusia Medal in 2012, Seville Honorary Citizen, La Unión Award in the province of Murcia, and of Badalona. At the age of 45, he has released ten studio albums: Viento del Este (1995), Suena Flamenco (1998), Zaguán (2001), Poemas del exilio de Rafael Alberti (2004), Desglaç (2005), Tierra de Calma (2006), Cante i Orquestra (2009), Coplas del Querer (2009), arteSano (2012), Real (2012), Sonetos y poemas para la libertad (2015), Enlorquecido and El tiempo pasa volando (2018). His latest work, Enlorquecido (“Mad About Lorca”), is inspired on the poet Federico García Lorca and reached number two on the charts the second week after its release.