Flamenco
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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 José María 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 Atlético 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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1 min read
Found while googling “David Bowie Flamenco.”
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There are those who complain…
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1 min read
… 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 judío 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 Alegrías
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Some infectious alegrías from David Palomar and Rafael Rodríguez. ConTraste Flamenco recently dedicated a program to Palomar’s latest album Denominación 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 Jérez episode of Flamenco para tus ojos, along with El Cigala, Tomatito, Diego Carrasco, Montse Cortes,…
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What is Flamenco?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3DnZ6rG3vI Since coming across the above video on openculture.com I’ve wondered if a similar exposition of flamenco exists. Brook Zern’s presentation is the best approximation I’ve found so far: There is little explanation of the music itself though, just a brief demonstration of a bulerias rhythm. Zern is more concerned here with getting across what he sees…
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Nuestro Flamenco
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For the wannabe flamenco aficionado who lives outside of Spain, radio is vital. While the quiddity of flamenco might only be fully experienced in a tabloa on the Iberian Peninsula, in this era of radio renaissance there is plenty to sustain us. To José María Velázquez-Gaztelu, the host of Nuestro Flamenco, I owe a great debt.…