EDNITA NAZARIO
“REAL” Without artifice. Without any pretensions. Without any tricks. That is what Ednita Nazario’s songs are. And that’s how the Puerto Rican singer, one of the greatest talents in the Spanish-language popular music world, can best be described. In one word… real. "Real" is also Ednita’s new album, a spectacular 13-song production – featuring 'No Te Mentía' as the first single – that takes the artist down new paths of creativity, and which will have its international release on December 11. Under the helm of two of the most renowned and in-demand producers in the music industry, Armando Ávila (La 5ta. Estación) and Graeme Pleeth (Sonique), "Real", is Ednita’s 23rd album. It was recorded in London, Nashville, Mexico City and Miami. All these cities provided creatively diverse locales for an artist who has always sought something different. Who always wants to surprise. And now she has done it again with “Real”. Here it may be a song that she wrote in English, ‘Days of Innocence’, or in the artistic collaborations that are typical of Ednita and that gain new importance in duets with Spanish singer Natalia, from La 5ta. Estación, and Mexican singer and composer Reyli. Talent procures talent, and in “Real” only the best could gather. "What I wanted to transmit in this album, its essence, was to link real-life stories. Life stories that have to do with feelings, with what really happens, and with what we can identify,” says Ednita from Puerto Rico. “There are songs here that touch me deeply, because they deal with the reality of what we feel. In this album, we all agreed to create something new,” says Ednita, who was born in the city of Ponce. “We wanted a fresher sound, alternative, organic. Basically, the songs were the ones that put forth what we were going to do. This was a process in which we could contribute ideas and each one of us could bring to the table something new, whatever we wanted to bring, without prejudging anything. We were only devoted to the creative process. Devoted to the music.” Devoted to music is how Ednita has always lived; passionate about everything she does; a free spirit unlike others. Willing to be daring and to break out of the mold, she welcomed with enthusiasm producers such as Ávila and Pleeth, with whom she had never worked. “New ideas come up, new characters, a new group of collaborators that stimulate the creative process and that develop the adventure that ‘Real’ is,” explains Ednita. “Graeme’s proposal was something completely different to everything else I had done, and in Armando’s case, he is this very talented young man with whom there was great chemistry.” The vital pieces were falling into place so that the project could begin to flow in a careful but natural way, respecting Ednita’s style while at the same time innovating. Thus, the diversity of sounds, the contributions of the most advanced technology, the flavor of four different cities as recording scenarios, and the compositions of Claudia Brant, Jorge Luis Piloto, Erika Ender, Rafael Esparza and Johnny Mead, among others, make “Real” the musical offering that simply had to follow Ednita’s most recent CDs, the highly successful “Apasionada Live” and “Apasionada.” Throughout Ednita’s prolific and diverse career, she has won innumerable awards and recognitions and excelled in many artistic endeavors. Among the most outstanding: * 1998 – Ednita’s Broadway debut in Paul Simon’s “The Capeman” * Latin Billboard Award for Best Female Pop Album, “Corazón” * Two Latin Billboard Award nominations for the album “Corazón” * Panama and Miami honor her lifetime achievements with stars on their Walks of Fame * 2002 – Puerto Rico’s Tu Música awards are dedicated to her, the artist with the most awards and nominations in Tu Música’s history! * “Por Ti” –Best Female Pop Vocal Album nomination for the Latin Grammy award, and Best Pop/Ballad Album nomination for the Tu Música Awards * 2004 – ASCAP honors Ednita with the Latin Heritage Award Starting on December 11, experience an Ednita more true to herself than ever. More… “Real.” |
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