Soleá Morente

Blending ruminative rock textures with bittersweet indie pop, experimental excursions, and the contemporary flamenco legacy established by her father Enrique and sister Estrella, Madrid native Soleá Morente introduced an indie rock-flamenco hybrid on her 2015 solo debut Teirá Que Haber un Camino. Following a more experimental outing with 2018's Ole Lorelei and a successful flamenco-focused release in 2020's Lo Que Te Falta, she delivered the autobiographical 2021 album Aurora y Enrique, which emphasized dreamy introspection closer to indie singer/songwriter territory and included appearances by her sister alongside Marcelo Criminal.

Born in Madrid in 1985 as the daughter of influential flamenco singer/songwriter Enrique Morente and dancer/actress Aurora Carbonell, Soleá Morente watched her older sister, flamenco singer Estrella Morente, begin her recording career in the early 2000s while supplying the singing voice for Penélope Cruz in the 2006 film Volver. With her own solo debut already in preparation when her father died in 2010, she instead issued the 2013 tribute album Encuentro, recorded with los Evangelistas, which reached Spain's Top 100 albums.

A lusher integration of indie rock, pop, and flamenco surfaced on Morente's solo debut Teirá Que Haber un Camino, released by El Volcán Música in 2015 and likewise charting on Spain's album listings. Three years later, Ole Lorelei incorporated more experimental touches such as electronics and modernized flamenco interpretations, climbing to number 69 on the national album chart. A more traditional flamenco-oriented set, Lo Que Te Falta, arrived in 2020 as a genuine hit that peaked at number 12 in Spain and marked her first release for Elefant Records.

In 2021 Elefant Records issued Morente's fourth solo album, the melancholy Aurora y Enrique. Her most introspective work to date, it adopted a restrained singer/songwriter stance and dream pop-inflected production, with contributions from Estrella Morente, Marcelo Criminal, and Triángulo de Amor Bizarro.