Maraya Zydeco - Maraya Zydeco Sessions (2017)

Maraya Zydeco’s brand new album is in the oven… slowly cooking, step by step, at the hot that warm up her accordion… By now, we let you listen –and if you want, download and buy from Bandcamp- her first tune: “Flechazo” composed by Lee Wolfe. “… The accordion played crazyly by María Álvarez, as if she were grown up in the deep and old Louisisna…” Manuel de la Fuente, ABC journalist, wrote this while he was talking about “Woody Guthrie Revisited”, the Lee Wolfe’s record where Maraya Zydeco played proving she is a great artist, and deserves to be followed. But Maraya wasn’t born down in Louisiana. She was born in Gijón, a nice town nearby the Cantabric Sea, northern Spain. There was where her career started. So long carrer. Now she’s a teacher and undisputed musician who put togheter, in the same biography, the classical music and roots music. She adapted her virtuoso-technique to a good blues, rock’n roll or any zydeco or cajun sound –besides traditional roots music from northern spain, and so and so…-. No matter: Elvis, Muddy Waters, Piazzolla or Beau Jocque. María “Maraya Zydeco” Álvarez, has settled her skill in musical shows based on asturian traditional compositions and tunes in “Nel Camín” (On the road), “Torner” (The most important composer and musicologist ever in Asturias, as a spanish Alan Lomax) (Ed. Ámbitu, 2007). She performed and recorded for Lee Wolfe’s bands as Ástura, Anabel Santiago, Asturiana Mining Company…and, of course, The Blues Rangers. These bands contributed to stimulate the asturian musical scene. In all those activities she let always free ways to express the American roots music: in records as “Asturias Bluegrass Sessions” (2007, Quadrant) or the innovative (“Woody Guthrie Revisited”, 2009 Quadrant) playing beside Lee Wolfe. The legendary lyrics of such an important composer, with so enormous influence on great “rock/jazz dinosaurs” as Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Rolling Stones, etc…. were a fertile ground for Lee Wolfe’s particular vision and the Maraya’s accordion melodies. Now, sourraunded by Lee Wolfe’s guitars and voice and sustained by the powerful drums played by Alejandro Blanco and the stunning bass played by Ángel Miguel… hold on tight… here comes Maraya Zydeco.