Manual De Cortejo

Description

A FUTURISTIC, SENSUAL, AND BURLESQUE MUSICAL UNIVERSE. (Culture Box) Driven by a deep love for folk music and a desire to restore its vitality, Rodrigo Cuevas has launched an iconoclastic operation to modernize Asturian traditions. His new album, created in collaboration with producer Raül Refree, is futuristic, cheeky, and sensual. The Asturian singer Rodrigo Cuevas describes himself as a folk agitator. His music draws inspiration from the traditional rhythms and songs of Northern Spain, which he modernizes with a strong emphasis on electronic instrumentation and formal boldness. The originality of his approach is also reflected in the character he has created: half drag queen, half hidalgo wizard, an unexpected queer costume in the conservative world of traditional music, and in the rural Spain where he has chosen to live after studying in Barcelona. While respecting the ancient roots of his repertoire, based on old Asturian dances like the xiringüelu, or Galician ones like the muñeira, he transforms them into mutant objects, more futuristic than contemporary.