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Memoria de los Sentidos
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Head over to El PaĂs to listen to Vicente Amigo’s new album, Memoria de los Sentidos. To get you excited about Amigo (or more excited, rather) read this ‘hyperventilated consecration’ of him by Alberto GarcĂa Reyes as translated by Brook Zern.
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Paco at 69
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Paco de LucĂa would be 69 years old today. Instituto Andaluz del Flamenco has an ‘exhibit’ at the Google Cultural Institute entitled Memories of Paco. Well worth a look. Apparently the maestro was, in his own words, a frustrated singer. Below, towards the end of the track, you can hear his voice. In 2015, the guitarist received…
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Vicente Amigo – My Best Of
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Vicente Amigo is set to release a new album. Having enjoyed a recent concert of his, I’m looking forward to hearing it. In anticipation, and as a means of contextualizing, I thought I’d go over his back catalog and pick out some favorites. Remarkably, most of Amigo’s work is on YouTube, neatly organised into albums, allowing…
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Nuestras Señoras
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La Macanita was grouped together with Esperanza Fernández and Marina Heredia in an episode of Nuestro Flamenco this week. The format was somewhat like a corrida de toros as JosĂ© MarĂa rotated through the artists and it made for great listening. Nonetheless, grouping singers like this just because they’re women makes little sense. Any one…
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Vicente Amigo
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Spaniards use a lot of hyperbole. This can be funny when they speak English. In a recent press conference Fernando Torres said that he and his team mates at AtlĂ©tico Madrid would die for each other. This conjured up images in my mind of pristine footballers rushing out onto no man’s land to aid their injured…
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Fandangos in Space
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Found while googling “David Bowie Flamenco.”
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There are those who complain…
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… that Flamenco guitar has become too baroque. I have no such complaints. Here is one of many reasons why:
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Leonard Cohen and Flamenco
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There’s been a redesign over at elflamencovive.com. While browsing their new site I came across Leonard Cohen: Lorca, el flamenco y el judĂo errante. Here’s his acceptance speech for the 2011 Premio Principe de Asturias, in which he mentions his flamenco connection. I’ll have to improve my Spanish before I attempt to read the book.
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Infectious AlegrĂas
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Some infectious alegrĂas from David Palomar and Rafael RodrĂguez. ConTraste Flamenco recently dedicated a program to Palomar’s latest album DenominaciĂłn de origen. His performances are so delightful however that television is a better way to appreciate his music than radio. He featured in RTVEs Cádiz y JĂ©rez episode of Flamenco para tus ojos, along with El Cigala, Tomatito, Diego Carrasco, Montse Cortes,…