Manuel de la Luz roots De Raíz in flamenco guitar, then orchestrates a rare waltz
The Huelva guitarist's eight-piece album moves through minera, rondeña, sevillanas and tangos before reviving the seldom-used flamenco waltz with orchestration.
Sep 28, 2026
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Manuel de la Luz released De Raíz on September 18 and gave it a live world premiere two days later at the XXIV Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla. The eight-composition album moves through established flamenco forms — minera, rondeña, sevillanas and tangos — built around De la Luz's own guitar writing rather than accompaniment for a singer or dancer. Two advance singles, "Mi Vals" in June and "Herencia de mis mayores" in July, previewed the record's focus on memory and inherited musical language.
The album's most distinctive move is its flamenco waltz, a form rarely used in flamenco guitar repertoire, which De la Luz sets with orchestration rather than solo guitar alone. Born in Huelva in 1980, he's spent more than two decades as a performer, composer and producer, working with Carmen Linares, Arcángel and Miguel Poveda and producing Rafael Riqueni's Grammy-nominated material; De Raíz follows his 2015 and 2020 albums De la Luz and Mi Clave as a guitar-first artistic statement rather than a genre showcase.
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