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NormanKliman -> RE: Singer recommendations? (May 23 2010 9:30:39)
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Hi GJ, I'm glad you brought that up because my list focuses on artists who are closely associated with the area between Cádiz and Seville. Of course, it's all just music and this is just my opinion, but the reason for the bias is that I place more importance on certain cantes and the kinds of singers who excel in those cantes: tonás, siguiriyas, soleás, bulerías por soleá, bulerías, cantiñas, and probably a few more. What's left are the fandango-based cantes (fandangos, malagueñas, granaínas, cantes mineros and cantes abandolaos), the "ida y vuelta" cantes (guajiras, milonga, vidalita, rumba), and others (garrotín, farruca, etc.) Of course, it wouldn't be flamenco without all the different cantes, but I think the first group I mentioned is a little closer to the core than the others.
The "contemporary" category of my list has little to do with contemporary flamenco, other than the fact that the artists I named are still singing the same old cantes.
Of the artists mentioned so far, the only ones I might include on the list are Rafael Romero and Manuel Sordera.
A better approach would be to list the best artists in each style of cante.
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