Diego el Cigala (Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar) is a pioneer. With his singing and the essence of flamenco, after 25 years of his career, he managed to build a bridge between flamenco and the most popular genres of Latin American music, such as bolero, tango, Cuban music, salsa... and many other genres. No one has done this before and that's what makes him unique. He is a difficult artist to imitate.

Throughout his career, Cigala has participated in many projects and shared the stage with many cantaores and musicians, such as Enrique Morente, José Mercé, Parrita, Gerardo Nuñez, Tomatito, Ketama, Vicente Amigo, Montse Cortés and Elena Andújar. However, his greatest fame and international success came with the album Lágrimas Negras (2003), which he recorded with the Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés. After the album was presented at the Gusman Theater in Miami, the press described the pianist as a "living classic of Cuban music" and Diego as the "Sinatra of flamenco".