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runner -> RE: ¿quien canta mejor flamenco los gitanos o los payos? (Aug. 25 2014 0:22:32)
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Juan Breva, Silverio Franconetti, Antonio Chacon, Aurelio de Cadiz, Pepe el de la Matrona, Manuel Vallejo, Jacinto Almaden, Fosforito, Jose Menese are/were just some of the payo cantaores who enjoyed considerable success over the years. My own sense is that gitano singers, as a general rule, offer more expressively emotional performances of the various palos that lend themselves to a more emotional interpretation and delivery (Dionysian). The payo singers tend to be more focused on a certain tranquility of delivery, especially of cante andaluz palos (Apollonian) that offers often a welcome contrast to the Sturm und Drang of a long session with, say, Terremoto and Morao. Some gitano singers, like especially Rafael Romero and Jose de la Tomasa, can easily move back and forth between these two approaches. And, at their best, the two old-time payo masters, Pepe de la Matrona and Aurelio Selles (Aurelio de Cadiz), both born in the same year, are just a delight for me to listen to, especially singing gitano palos like soleares and siguiriyas--a quite different approach than, say, Agujetas or Camaron. Thank goodness we have access to so much choice.
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