David Alvarez offers a cache of the bold, confessional songs of a modern troubadour. For this "dream finally realised" he brings together songs composed trova style in homage to his birthplace Manzanillo, the region of Cuba with the strongest trova tradition, his tierra ...

David Alvarez offers a cache of the bold, confessional songs of a modern troubadour. For this "dream finally realised" he brings together songs composed trova style in homage to his birthplace Manzanillo, the region of Cuba with the strongest trova tradition, his tierra where his roots go deep. Versed in poetry these uncensored stories of the joys and trammels of love add laúd and Cuban tres guitar, to place their Caribbean core within the serenading Mediterranean sensibility, creating a modern renaissance ambience. Romance and love do not come easy, yet life ramains joyful - was it not ever so...! (Jan Fairley, Dec 2011)