If we talk about Flamenco today, it is inevitable to think of Parrita as one of the most important voices of the current scene, both for fans and for a large part of the professionals of this appreciated music.

He was born into a basket-making family from Valencia, in the Nazaret neighborhood in 1941. From a young age, he began to get into this music, following in the footsteps of his older brother, El Peti, winner at the Cante de las Minas Festival.

Although he started earning a living as a musician at the age of 16, it was not until 1982, after the release of his album of covers of Cecília classics, such as “Dama, dama,” that his career was boosted nationally.

After that, other albums would come with great collaborations such as those of Paco de Lucía (Quita el sentío), Tomatito (Canastero), Benavent and Kitflus (Baladas gitanas) or Joan Albert Amargós (Entre la espada y la pared), Pitingo, Tamara, and many more.

His latest album, “Trocitos de nuestra vida” (Little Pieces of Our Life) is a luxury to which we must surrender without reservation to enjoy good music. A work that is great from the very moment of its conception.

This ambitious project brings together a selection of 11 songs, nine of which are versions of great hits from the best melodic pop in Spanish of all time, and two unreleased tracks composed by the artist himself. We find fantastic songs such as “Eres tú” by Mocedades, which is the first presentation single, “Te amaré” by Miguel Bosé, “La mujer que yo quiero” by Joan Manuel Serrat, “En el parque” by Miguel Ríos or “En carne viva” by Raphael, to name just a few, make this repertoire only within the reach of artists with a consolidated style of their own, large doses of courage and immense respect for the original work.

In addition, Parrita wanted to surround himself for the recording of “Trocitos de nuestra vida” with three illustrious names of our music whose special collaboration has achieved that the final result reaches notes of excellence. In “La mujer que yo quiero,” he has the accompaniment of Tomatito’s guitar, in “Hoy tengo ganas de ti” with the special collaboration of Tamara, and in “Te amaré” with the stellar presence of Pitingo, in an interpretive hand-to-hand combat of titans.

Vicente Castro “Parrita” has become one of the most important names in the current flamenco singing, thanks to his splendid, tuned and rhythmic voice, which makes him certainly unique and has led him to have more than three decades of work in music and the considerable figure of fourteen albums on the market.