Spanish music
#1
Spanish music
You know the type of Spanish acoustic guitar music where the singer sounds like his wobbly bits are being squashed? I like the sound, can anyone recommend some artists for me to listen too?
This sort of thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yng0n...eature=related
This sort of thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yng0n...eature=related
Last edited by bob_bob; May 12th 2012 at 10:29 pm.
#2
Re: Spanish music
You know the type of Spanish acoustic guitar music where the singer sounds like his wobbly bits are being squashed? I like the sound, can anyone recommend some artists for me to listen too?
This sort of thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yng0n...eature=related
This sort of thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yng0n...eature=related
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Re: Spanish music
I'm not a fan myself (something of an acquired taste, IMO), but amongst my gitano neighbours Camaron de la Isla is the one most often mentioned, he is still pretty much revered even by the young ones in their '20s although he's been dead for some years.
I do like Maria Jimenez though, we have some of her CDs. She reminds me of some ways of Marianne Faithfull (as she is now, not in the '60s), her voice certainly sounds like someone who has been around the block a few times!
I do like Maria Jimenez though, we have some of her CDs. She reminds me of some ways of Marianne Faithfull (as she is now, not in the '60s), her voice certainly sounds like someone who has been around the block a few times!
#5
Re: Spanish music
I can't help with specific recommendations but you could try FlamencoRadio here. They publish their playlist so if you hear something you like you can see what it was.
http://www.canalsur.es/portal_rtva/w...mencoradio.com
http://www.canalsur.es/portal_rtva/w...mencoradio.com
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Re: Spanish music
Some 'clasical' flamenco singers:
http://listas.eleconomista.es/musica...es-de-flamenco
Some more 'modern' flamenco singers (fusion with jazz, pop or others)
José Mercé:
Estrella Morente:
Miguel Poveda:
"A ciegas" or "Loving you blindly". This is a desperate love song from the soundtrack of one of Almodovar's films. It can easily make you cry if you understand the lyrics.
If you're a Spotify user you'll find plenty of them easily.
http://listas.eleconomista.es/musica...es-de-flamenco
Some more 'modern' flamenco singers (fusion with jazz, pop or others)
José Mercé:
Estrella Morente:
Miguel Poveda:
"A ciegas" or "Loving you blindly". This is a desperate love song from the soundtrack of one of Almodovar's films. It can easily make you cry if you understand the lyrics.
If you're a Spotify user you'll find plenty of them easily.
Last edited by Gusi; May 13th 2012 at 6:47 pm.
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Re: Spanish music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamenco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamenco_singers
The singer who sings seguiriyas leaves in each line of the copla (verse of cante) a piece of his soul; and, if not, he is deceiving the listener, perhaps even himself. If there is one style to which the singer has to give everything, has to give every bit of himself, it is the siguiriya. I have seen José Menese completely overcome, broken, a literal wreck after doing this song and I believe that if the singer sometimes reaches the kind of state of grace that the Gypsies call duende - and I don't know yet what that is - it is in these duende unique and unrepeatable moments.
— Ángel Álvaro Caballero, Historia del Cante Flamenco
— Ángel Álvaro Caballero, Historia del Cante Flamenco
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Re: Spanish music
A Spanish flamenco singer surprised me the other evening by saying that flamenco was arabe-andaluz and that the gypsies had pinched it (along with much else).
I thought it was a bit like saying that American blues was pinched by the black people from the indians. Fascinating but unlikely...
I thought it was a bit like saying that American blues was pinched by the black people from the indians. Fascinating but unlikely...
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Re: Spanish music
Do a forum search, I think it was in Siesta time but we had a long thread on Spanish/Latin music going, there were quite a few varied options in that thread from all sides of the music spectrum.
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Re: Spanish music
The gypsy kings are my fav.
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Re: Spanish music
Yes true. But he's very popular at whatever ancient age he's reached and actually doesn't sound half bad, just like the G Kings. It's just that it's not 'pure' so some folk deem it cr*p.
Not sure I'd buy a D O'C CD though - whereas I have got GKs
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Re: Spanish music
Well I think there good anyway :-)
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Re: Spanish music
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...=music+spanish
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...=music+spanish
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Re: Spanish music
A Spanish flamenco singer surprised me the other evening by saying that flamenco was arabe-andaluz and that the gypsies had pinched it (along with much else).
I thought it was a bit like saying that American blues was pinched by the black people from the indians. Fascinating but unlikely...
I thought it was a bit like saying that American blues was pinched by the black people from the indians. Fascinating but unlikely...