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Carmen Linares and Gerardo Nunez In Washington D.C.
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Paul Bruhns
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Joined: Jul. 14 2003
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RE: Carmen Linares and Gerardo Nunez... (in reply to Paul Bruhns)
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Zata: Now you put me on the spot, but I will try to answer your question as honestly and humbly as I can. Carmen Linares was the first canteora I ever saw perform live, and she was accompanied by Monolo San Lucar. I think that show moved me so much that I just began to like her style. To me, she seems to be a traditional style singer who is not afraid to stretch into more modern musical interpretations of the palos. As far as Gerardo Nunez is concerned, I think he is a very accomplished and polished musician and composer. Although, there are times when I totally do not understand his music. I think this is because it is not recognizable as the traditional flamenco that I am learning to play and enjoy listening to. But when I saw Carmen and Gerardo perform together, I COULD recognize the palos, and I began to feel where they were taking the music. It felt like flamenco music (to me anyway). Here, in the USA where I live, I do not get the opportunity to stumble into a juerga and enjoy the feel of the origional spirit of the song and dance. I also do not spend enough time in Spain to know the tradition and evolution of Flamenco puro. And, therefore, I have no credible opinion as to whether Gerardo and Carmen are Top level flamenco artists. I do know that I enjoy their musical chemistry very much, and to me it sounds very much Flamenco. Paul
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Date Oct. 8 2003 3:00:12
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