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The artist revisits a classic of Spanish music and brings it into the present through a proposal where music, image, performance, fashion, and a powerful stage presence come together.

By Susan Villa

 There are artists who are not content with simply singing a song: they need to inhabit it. Daniel Da Silva belongs to that breed of performers for whom music is only one part of the story. A singer, dancer, and performer, he has built a creative identity in which image, movement, and emotion form part of the same language. After years of training in different performing arts disciplines, he now presents his particular vision of “Embrujada,” one of Tino Casal’s most emblematic songs.

With a music video inspired by Little Red Riding Hood, the artist transforms inherited silences and social expectations into a pop anthem of empowerment, personal freedom, and finding one’s own voice.

By Susan Villa

 Mar Expósito is going through a decisive moment in her artistic career. After years connected to live music and following the consolidation of her career on stage, the singer presents “Niña Buena,” a new single with which she takes another step toward building her own musical identity—honest and committed.

The Argentine band looks back on two decades of its career, explains the evolution of its sound, and defends live performance as the essence of its connection with the audience.

By Susan Villa

  There are bands that find their identity in their loyalty to a genre and others that build it through a mixture of influences. Calle Vapor belongs to the latter group. Since its formation in Córdoba, Argentina, in 2006, the band has developed a sonic universe in which Cuban son serves as the foundation of a musical proposal enriched with Argentine influences and other musical nuances that have allowed them to stand out within the Afro-Latin music scene. With thirteen albums released and a consolidated international career, the group has made live performance its main hallmark.

The artist brings together eleven life-affirming songs, releases “En brazos de otra,” and prepares for a new chapter with contemporary sounds and magic on stage.

By Susan Villa

 Mikel Oteiza enters a new artistic chapter with Nunca es tarde, his first album released on vinyl and a project that sums up years of searching, perseverance, and excitement. A singer, songwriter, Spanish pop-rock guitarist, magician, and screenwriter, the artist from Arrasate-Mondragón has built a career marked by reinvention, always with the same intention: to move audiences through closeness and authenticity.

The artist from Utrera reconnects with his flamenco essence and announces a new chapter defined by music, concerts, and authenticity.

By Susan Villa

 José Carlos Montoya returns to music after a year of silence with “La Mano Atrás,” a festive flamenco rumba that combines his Andalusian roots with contemporary sounds and Latin influences. Written mostly by the artist himself, with the collaboration of Javier Naranjo, the song represents for him the true beginning of a new artistic chapter