Miguel Carrasco
Guitarist and musician from the Cádiz scene
Los Caños de Meca, Cádiz, Spain
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From Los Caños de Meca, one of the most singular corners of the Cádiz coast, Miguel Carrasco develops a way of understanding music deeply tied to the place, to creative freedom and to the experience of sharing it live.
A musician and guitarist linked to the Cádiz music scene, Miguel Carrasco has built much of his path around live music and collaboration with other artists. One of his closest musical alliances is with Rafa El Solís, with whom he shares the stage and various projects and alongside whom he released Levante, a 2026 release that brings the two artists together.
His musical activity is also closely linked to Los Caños de Meca, where Miguel and Rafa have played various shows. In 2025 they already appeared together in the town's music programme, and in 2026 they have carried on with this collaboration.
In a place like Los Caños de Meca, where music is part of a way of living, creating and relating to others, the guitar takes on a particularly close dimension: an instrument for accompanying, improvising, composing and connecting with the audience.
For Miguel, the guitar is also a territory for searching. Every musician develops a different relationship with their instrument, and knowing what sound they are after, what response they need and what features make a guitar really become “their” guitar reveals much more than a simple technical preference.
At admira we are interested precisely in that relationship between musician and instrument: what each artist is looking for when they have a guitar in their hands, and how an instrument can help them find their own voice.
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Interview
admira: You have carried out much of your musical activity in Los Caños de Meca and Cádiz. How has this setting influenced your way of understanding music and, especially, the guitar?
Miguel: I think the setting influences the way you feel and make music much more than we think. Los Caños de Meca and Cádiz have something very special: the sea, the wind, the light, the calm and also that mix of cultures and musics that is part of our identity. It is a place where you learn to listen, to leave space and not to be in such a hurry.
All of that ends up being reflected in the guitar. For me, playing is not only about executing notes but about conveying sensations. The landscape, the people and the experiences I have had here have gradually built my way of playing. I suppose that, in some way, my music also has something of that Levante wind and that southern light.
admira: When you have a guitar in your hands, what do you look for in it? Do you prefer a warm, round sound, a brighter and more defined one, a lot of projection, sensitivity to the touch… or does it depend on the moment and the music you are making?
Miguel: The first thing I look for is that the guitar has personality and that it invites me to play. For me it is essential that it responds well to the touch, that it has sensitivity and that it lets me express myself without having to fight with the instrument.
I like warm sounds, with body, but also with clarity and definition. I think a guitar should be balanced: that it sounds good both when you play softly and when you need more intensity. That it has dynamics, nuances and the ability to move you.
I also think every guitar has its character and that there is no perfect guitar for everything. In the end, what matters is finding an instrument with which there is a special connection, one of those you pick up and the ideas seem to come out on their own.
admira: In 2026 you released Levante together with Rafa El Solís. What is behind this project and what other plans, songs or collaborations do you have on the table right now?
Miguel: Levante is born of the wish to share music and to give shape to a series of sensations, experiences and influences we carry inside. It is a project made in freedom, without too many labels, in which we have tried to make every song have its own identity while at the same time having a thread that connects them.
For us it was important to do something sincere, that represented us and that had a life of its own. Rather than chasing a particular style, we wanted to enjoy the process and experiment freely.
As for what is coming, I still have many ideas and a lot of desire to keep creating. There are songs that keep appearing, collaborations that are always exciting and musical paths I feel like exploring. I don't like to get ahead of things, because very often the most interesting projects come up spontaneously. The important thing is to keep playing, writing and finding reasons to share music.
admira: If you could sit down today with a luthier and design a guitar that does not exist yet, what would it be like? What sound would it have, which woods would you choose and what would your hand have to feel when playing it to think: “this is my guitar”?
Miguel: I think I would design a guitar that brought several things together: a warm, deep sound with a lot of body, but that also had brightness, definition and good projection. I would like it to have a lot of sensitivity, to respond to the slightest intention of the right hand and to let you play with every nuance.
As for the woods, I would probably start with a good cedar or spruce top, depending on the character I wanted to get, and I would look for sides and back that brought depth and balance. But above all I would trust the luthier.
And in the hand it would have to feel comfortable, natural and free. That the neck adapted to me, that there was nothing to distract me and that I could play for hours without thinking about the instrument.
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