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Carlos Vives showed tonight that his bicycle and his vallenato are more alive than ever, in a concert where the Madrid public has stopped singing the most popular songs of the Colombian, who invited as a guest to Melendi, with whom he performed "El arrepentido."
Vives is in the best moment of his career and with 56 years of energy for C & # 39; s is as it was shown today at the Festival Noches del Botánico , with a large group formed by musicians from different parts of Colombia, who know the musical tradition of vallenato's world ambbadador.
The artist, who gave a two-hour concert with little rest, interpreted a wide variety of subjects, ranging from early albums as "Clbadics of the Province" (1993) or the popular "The Earth" from "Oblivion" (1995) to "Deep Heart" (2013) and some of the collaborations that have made it more famous as the famous "The Bike" or "Love Note", without forgetting his last album "Vives".
And the singer was the absolute protagonist of the night, in a concert that initially was going to be double, with the performance of the Colombian jazz and swing group Monsieur Periné, which was finally canceled for "logistical reasons" , informed the organizers of the event.
costumes marked with floral motifs, with which the musician wanted to contribute to the Botanical Garden, Vives began the show with the song "Pa Mayte", in which the audience quickly began to to sing the chorus, a fact that has become the general tone of the night.
"Orchids are precious, tuberose and spiders but no one like you, but nobody like you, I sing you the divine Madrid", improvised You live [1 9459009] which sparked enthusiasm with Colombian musical folklore of songs like "La cañaguetera", "Cachucha bacana", accompanied by an omnipresent accordion and dance, including the kicking of the artist.
With "El cantor fonseca" "The musician put the participants in his pocket to finish after the first part of the show with" She is my party ", when the audience of the stands rose to dance and sing one of the best-known songs of his album "Corazón profundo"
An impressive tuba solo as a respite and a return to Caribbean rhythms and also, why not, reggaetoneros with the song "Nota de amor ", in which Vives collaborated with singer Wisin, to give way to" Today I have time "and then to delight the audience with" Fresh Fruits ", in which the singer introduced a Native touch with the use of the millo flute.
At this point Carlos Viv es hardly singing as his audience does, with songs like "Our Secret", "On the edge of your love "or" The photo of the two ", a song" sad of those "for the most nostalgic e, in which the musician asked participants to illuminate the place with their phones.
"This song is ours, Colombians and Venezuelans, we are the same, on one side or the other side of the border," said the musician before singing "La tierra del olvido ", that he sang duet with Mauricio Rivera and who still awakened the atmosphere of the stands and the" The rock of my people "and" I was born again. "
The Colombian thanked the audience for his energy and left the scene to which he returned a few minutes later to present the surprise of the night, the invitation to the concert of Melendi, who sang with Vives "The Repentant", theme with which the king of vallenato collaborated for Melendi's album "Now."
"There in his studio he says & # 39; 'If you sing you live' then he remembered me, 'joked the singer, who melted into an embrace with Asturian, a moment that no one was waiting in a surprise concert because before to finish the Colombian, he returned to To incarnate the spectators with a flamenco version of "Robarte a beso", in which a group of cantaores accompanied Vives with their voices and their palmas.
How could it be otherwise, the concert ended with the worldwide success of Vives "The bicicleta" and long applause from the public, who sang and danced all the night.
The Madrid Botanical Festival was the first stop of a European tour in which the musician will also travel to Barcelona on Wednesday and to Torrelavega (Cantabria) on Thursday then travel to other countries. Europe, where the world ambbadador of vallenato also has followers. EFE
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