Spanish music legend Rafael has celebrated his more than six-decade career by being honored with an award An emotional greeting from the Latin Recording AcademyWho was announced on Wednesday as Person of the Year.
Numbers like Enrique Bunbury, Marco Antonio Solis, … Vito Baez or Susana Baca They descended on Sin City to sing for Nightingale Linares, as well as emerging voices Elena Rose and Iván Cornejo, among others, in a sample of how the Spanish language has influenced generations and rhythms.
Excited and with his trademark smile, Raphael, 82, walked the red carpet of the Mandala Bay Convention Center to offer advice to new talent. “You have to do things with more patience because everything will come to you.”“My big night,” expressed Tarjuman.
The king of ballads, with classics like “Como yo te amo,” Raphael advised artists to embrace “more romance and less rhythm,” in search of less ephemeral successes. “The thing is, with the rhythm they go by so fast.”“The actor also smiled.
Manuel Abboud, executive director of the Latin Recording Academy, said Rafael’s distinctive style was precisely one of the challenges in praising him. «And when we started reviewing the arrangements and We also began to review his interpretations, so they are“It is based on his person and his plays, which makes putting it together (the tribute) very challenging,” he told AFP.
The artists invited to the traditional event, which is part of the Latin Grammy Week, did not hide their nerves about singing for the Spanish artist. Rock singer Enrique Bunbury, who performed the song “I’m That One” He admitted that he was nervous about going on stage. “I don’t know about others, but I’m sure I’d do worse than you do. “Well, knowing that I would do worse in front of him makes me feel a little ashamed,” the former Héroes del Silencio singer told AFP.
“We can praise him, but we cannot compare ourselves,” the musician added. Spaniard Rosaline highlighted the singer’s influence and validity. He said his legacy is “part of our history.” “It is this passion, this dedication, that makes the song his own and he says the text and the melody as if the world had ended. “I think she stayed there for all of us, in our imagination,” singer-songwriter Sylvia Pérez Cruz commented.
Indeed, 21-year-old Mexican regionalist Ivan Cornejo called him an inspiration given his connection to the scene. “I notice a similarity in his audience concerts, How they communicate words and melodies. “One thing that is very unique (is) his music,” California said.
For Elena Rose, the new face of American pop music who sang “En carne viva” with David Bisbal, Raphael’s legacy is his “rebellion for a cause.” “(He is) one of those souls that says I am this, I will feel without fear, I will say what I feel and I will be me, no matter what happens. “I think this is one of the things that defines me,” the artist commented. The Latin Recording Academy will continue its celebration of Latin music with the 26th edition of the Latin Grammy Awards This Thursday, also in Las Vegas.
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