Olivio Ballaou's cover design for "Con un Poco de Amor" captures the revolutionary fervor and mass appeal of Nueva Trova through powerful documentary photography. The cover features Sara González mid-performance, microphone in hand, her voice raised in passionate song against a dramatic black background. Behind her, the Cuban flag waves prominently alongside protest imagery including what appears to be a portrait of Che Guevara, while an enthusiastic crowd fills the lower portion of the frame. The hand-lettered red script of the title—"Con un poco de amor"—adds an intimate, personal touch that contrasts with the epic scale of the performance scene. The design perfectly encapsulates the convergence of personal emotion and collective political commitment that defined Nueva Trova's social role in revolutionary Cuba.
Sara González (1951-2012) was one of the few prominent women in the male-dominated Nueva Trova movement, known for her powerful voice and socially conscious lyrics. On this album, she is accompanied by Grupo Guaicán, a collective ensemble that supported various Nueva Trova artists. The repertoire features songs by the movement's luminaries—Silvio Rodríguez's "Con un poco de amor," Pablo Milanés's "Comienzo y final de una verde mañana" and "Buenos días América," Alberto Tosca's "Sembrando para ti," and Vicente Feliú's "A los que luchan toda una vida"—alongside González's own compositions. This collaborative approach exemplifies Nueva Trova's communal spirit, where artists regularly performed each other's work to amplify shared revolutionary messages.
Produced by EGREM and released on the Areito label in 1987, this album represents Nueva Trova's mature phase in the 1980s, when the movement had achieved institutional recognition while maintaining its grassroots appeal. The back cover photograph showing the seven-member ensemble standing together in casual solidarity, combined with the front cover's mass concert imagery, reinforces the collective nature of this musical movement. Pablo Milanés's liner notes praise González's voice and ability to transmit emotion, positioning this album as both artistic achievement and political testimony in the ongoing cultural project of the Cuban Revolution.