Imagine a night in the center of a small Valencian city, before dawn, and a powerful voice, the cantaor, singing at the top of his lungs the improvised lyrics that the versaor whispers in his ear, lyrics that he has just improvised to deliver a specific message: to praise the attributes of a person, or to send a challenge from a third person, or to make a marriage proposal, or to announce the will of a divorce, or to claim against the Major …
This is the tradition of cant d’albaes, which Apa has been practicing for more than 40 years and developing his outstanding singing skills.
The traditional music in Valencia includes this tradition of the albaes, also the traditional styles of dance, such as malagueña, xota, fandango … the cants de batre that are performed a capellaa, with lyrics about agricultural work …
