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Monthly Archives: September 2010

Nuevo Flamenco – La leyenda del tiempo

September 29, 2010

One of the most powerful recordings in the modern history of flamenco is Camar??n???s La leyenda del tiempo which was released on Philips Polygram in 1979. A number of the ten tracks were based on the traditional Spansh folksongs collected by Fede…

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Flamenco tablaos – Los Gallos

September 28, 2010

The flamenco tablao Los Gallos was opened in April 1966 by Jos?? Luis N????ez de Prado, an aficionado of flamenco, in the Barrio de Santa Cruz in central Seville. Among the many flamenco artists to have visited and performed, they list: Merche Esm…

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Flamenco venues – The Purple Onion

September 28, 2010

Located in the heart of North Beach, the Purple Onion opened in 1952 and although it is most famously remembered as a beat music venue and comedy club used by Phyllis Diller, Barbra Streisand, and Woody Allen, it also hosted some fine flamenco art…

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La Guitarra Flamenca – Tomatito: Luz de Guía

September 27, 2010

The flamenco guitarist Tomatito, ???Jos?? Fern??ndez Torres???, performed ???Luz de gu??a (El Destello Eterno)??? at the Teatro Maestranza on Saturday 25 September 2010 during the 16th Bienal de Flamenco in Seville; his concert was in homage to th…

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Flamenco Film Night – Festival de Cortometrajes

September 24, 2010

The first FFLAC Festival Internacional Flamenco de Cortometrajes was held at the Sala Berlanga in the Instituto Bu??uel in Madrid from 3 to 5 September 2010, where 26 short films (cortometrajes) which were selected for the Finals were shown. The j…

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Flamenco Festival – 10th anniversary

September 23, 2010

This year, Flamenco Festival, which has been organising very successful international festivals of flamenco in major cities outside of Spain, celebrated its 10th anniversary. Miguel Mar??n, the Artistic Director and founder of Flamenco Festival wr…

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Flamenco on television

September 22, 2010

There have been a number of good series dedicated to flamenco on Spanish television. The Andalusian television station Canal Sur broadcast a weekly programme called Flamenko, which is still available for watching. The ten programmes date from Octo…

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Understanding Flamenco – Siguiriyas

September 21, 2010

Siguiriyas is a style in flamenco that is distinctive for its rhythmic comp??s and for the depth of expression one feels with it. Adjectives such as tragic and desolate are often used to describe the siguiriya; the words of the cante often deal wi…

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Flamenco Blogs – Andrés Batista

September 20, 2010

I have spoken about the flamenco guitarist Andr??s Batista in earlier blogs as a guitarist but here I want to focus more on his publications. Andr??s Batista published his first flamenco guitar method, the Metodo de Guitarra Flamenca (UME) in 1979…

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Flamenco Film Night – Café de Chinitas

September 17, 2010

This well-produced B&W film from 1960 recreates the atmosphere of the famous Caf?? de Chinitas in M??laga (1857???1937) in the caf?? cantante period of flamenco???s history. The film features singers Antonio Molina and Rafael Faria, as well as the…

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