Rosario Flores

Firmly established as a national icon in Spain, due to her singing talent and recording career as well as her famed bloodline, Rosario took the time with her seventh album, Parte de Mí, to pay tribute to some of her greatest musical influences. Collaborating once again with producer Fernando Illán, a fruitful working relationship that goes all the way back to her debut album, De Ley (1992), Rosario handpicked 11 of her all-time favorite songs for Parte de Mí, an understated album on which contemporary pop flourishes are thankfully left alone.

Even if it was not promoted as such, Cuéntame is basically Rosario's follow-up to her 2007 cover album Parte de Mí – so much so that some of the songs included are rumored to be outtakes from that previous effort. Once again, Rosario chooses a dozen personal favorites – mostly Spanish pop songs from the '70s and '80s, or songs by the likes of Roberto Carlos or Lucio Battisti that enjoyed popular Spanish versions, and delivers another well-realized tribute.