Cathy Claret comes from southern France. She has lived with a gipsy family since she was a teenager. A bit French, a bit Spanish, a bit gipsy. Author, multi-instrumentalist and self-taught composer, her music has become a blend of different sounds: pop-music, bossanova, flamenco guitars, blues, toy instruments…, a spectrum of sounds that she gathers and mixes at the same time that she may be considered a pioneer at singing in four different languages (English, French, Spanish and caló – a gipsy language) and combining diverse musical influences, which have developed into her own singular, minimalist style with her smooth, whispering voice as a personal trademark.

She started her musical career by presenting the maxi-single “El color” (Virgin,1987), then another maxi-single “Porqué, por qué” (Virgin,1988). After these recordings, two successful albums followed, boosting Cathy straight up into the international billboards (France, Japan, UK…), the earliest of them simply titled “Cathy Claret” (1989), and the latest “Soleil y Locura” (1991).

Cathy’s composing talent has been used more than once by some renowned Spanish musicians. Thus, she wrote the well-known hit “Bolleré” for her friend and collaborator Raimundo Amador, a tune that was later recorded with B.B King, and, eventually, even featured in the album “His definitive hits” by the great bluesman. Cathy also used to participate as an instrument player for diverse rumba and flamenco bands, and has also co-worked with some remarkable flamenco artists; Sorderita, Pata Negra, Rafael Amador…

After some years without any new releases, she finally presented “La Chica del Viento” (Subterfuge,2000) with Rafael Amador (Pata Negra), for which she received some excellent reviews by the specialized press. Then “Sussurando” (Subterfuge,2003) came up, a recording where her bossanova spirit showed up, and finally appeared “Sambisarane” (Subterfuge,2005), a revision in the key of electronics of Cathy’s best-known songs (plus two bonus tracks released for the first time) , carried out by Henrik Takkenberg.

Now she has come back again with “Gypsy Flower” (Subterfuge/ Universal) , her new project. A wilder album, in her own words, offering a rawer sound than that of her earlier recordings. With some de luxe collaborations such as those by Finley Quaye and the bluesman Hook Herrera . Cathy has returned full of inspiration and wildness, proving once more that pop music, electronics, rumba, reggae… all these musical styles really can hold each other’s hands while mixing with flamenco.