Traditional cante-albums

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athrane77

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Joined: Feb. 6 2011
From: Reykjavik

Traditional cante-albums

hey folks, i'm searching for some awesome traditional/oldschool cante recordings.
preferable male voices. especially I'm interested in recordings with very popular letras, kind of "letras which should everybody know"
(to prepare myself for my trip to graná

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 14 2013 20:49:35

clevblue

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Joined: Jun. 29 2012

RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)

I like Fosforito, though some have said he tried too hard (whatever that means) He certainly moves me

I like the ladies though, particularly Pastora Pavon and Carmen Linares

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 14 2013 22:37:34

machopicasso

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Joined: Nov. 27 2010

RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)

It would be cool if some of those in the know could specify a recording for a "must know" letra for each of the main palos. Any of you afficionados up for the challenge?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2013 10:22:55

changue

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Joined: Aug. 31 2010
From: London

RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)

You could try "Canta Jerez", Hispavox 1967 - Terremoto, El Sordera, El Borrico, Diamante Negro. I think that would qualify as old-school cante. The Nimbus compilations with Miguel el Funi, Cabrero and so on are very good. Chocolate's "Cobre Viejo" is great and anything with Chano Lobato's name on it should do the trick. If you're playing on getting lessons you could do worse than look up Rafalin Habichuela - he's got a myspace page.

Good luck,

Changue

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2013 10:32:51

athrane77

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Joined: Feb. 6 2011
From: Reykjavik

RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)

thanks guys!

quote:

and Carmen Linares

carmen linares is more oldschool?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2013 14:46:47

Morante

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RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)

Carmen is like Fosforito, in the sense that she is classica and knows all the palos. But she is from Jaén and is best in the cantes de las minas. Listen to Tomás Pavón and Terremoto (padre) for letras classicas por seguiriyas, marinete, debla, which are still sung today.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2013 15:50:05

Ricardo

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From: Washington DC

RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)

Antonio Mairena...anything pretty much. Camaron of course. As mentioned terremoto for jerez. Magna Antologia is a one stop anthology of important song forms clearly laid out. My favorite thing is just rito y geografia...the extra dimension seeing expression and interactions of the artist is way more educational than just casually listening to tons of audio recordings.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2013 16:03:50

athrane77

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From: Reykjavik

RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)

great! many thanks!!!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2013 16:13:25

Morante

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RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)

If you have any problems finding letras de Camaron, I have the entire collection, with letras incluídas, though I am not Camarón´s no 1 aficionado

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2013 17:00:12

ralexander

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Joined: Jun. 1 2010
From: Halifax, Nova Scotia

RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to Ricardo)

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My favorite thing is just rito y geografia...the extra dimension seeing expression and interactions of the artist is way more educational than just casually listening to tons of audio recordings.

Spot on as usual. I feel like I've learned a lot from watching this series. Caracol, Mairena, Santiago Donday, Paco Toronjo, Terremoto etcetc. It's a lot to take in! I enjoy it as a way to discover some of the "lesser known" artists, for lack of a better term (ie El Gordito de Triana in the Fandangos Naturales episode)

Also, the Nimbus collections that changue mentioned are really great - my only complaint is that the recordings are really low volume. But the content is undeniably great.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 15 2013 17:30:50

machopicasso

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RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to Ricardo)

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My favorite thing is just rito y geografia...the extra dimension seeing expression and interactions of the artist is way more educational than just casually listening to tons of audio recordings.

Is there a particular volume from that series you would recommend? I'm seeing vols. 5, 7, 8 and 10 on flamenco-world.com, but neither the other volumes nor the complete set...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 16 2013 11:03:59

rodrigovalt

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RE: Traditional cante-albums (in reply to athrane77)

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Is there a particular volume from that series you would recommend? I'm seeing vols. 5, 7, 8 and 10 on flamenco-world.com, but neither the other volumes nor the complete set...

Check out this youtube channel :)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL92AA836C46199866

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 16 2013 11:52:21