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Ricardo -> RE: Tomatito in LA This Friday (Oct. 24 2016 18:00:29)
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ORIGINAL: BarkellWH
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To the complainers of traffic and not enough/too much cante etc, flamenco is almost completely dead. You will not get to see a concert like this ever again in a few years in this country at a least.
Interesting observation, Ricardo. Do you mean that you think flamenco as a separate, recognizable genre is dying out? Or do you mean that flamenco is being subsumed via "fusion" with other genres to the point of being almost unrecognizable? Or were you just making a subtle dig at those who complain of too much/too little cante, etc.?
Bill
I mean people don't know and therefore don't care much about flamenco in this country anymore. They only know about Rodrigro and Gabriela and Sabicas and Paco de Lucia, and that's it, depending on their generation. Tomatito is the only one filling a big hall, even Vicente was in a small hall this time not even filled. It is inconceivable to me that the good singers and guitarists in spain could do a tour of USA. Dancing shows, basically theatre drama, that's it. Over the years I have seen the sentiment of flamencos turn to not caring much for USA audience either, with reviews and critics such as "we need more of the firey dancer,", or "it didn't remind us of carmen and sabicas, was this even flamenco??" ....typical nonsense. So take whatever you can get for now, cuz it won't be much longer they stick to Europe and Japan, etc.
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