Manuel Carrasco Essentials

With his soaring tenor and romance-cover looks, proletariat pop star Manuel Carrasco parlayed a stint on a Spanish reality show into a highly successful recording career. Carrasco's mostly self-written material ranges from intimate pop-rock confessionals and romantic power ballads to flamenco-spiced heartbreakers and optimistic anthems celebrating existential resilience and everyday friendship. In 2012, with the album Habla, Carrasco began expanding his palette to include the rather posh sounds of the Rome Symphony Orchestra.