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Romanza -> Sergio Monroy - Piano flamenco from Cadiz - La Linea Festival (UK) (Mar. 13 2006 14:53:16)
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Hi guys
This guy is playing in London in April and a few other dates in the UK - sounds interesting - anyone heard of him?
http://www.wawagency.com/roster/sergiomonroy/sergiomonroy.htm
(From the website) 'Sergio Monroy has developed a unique synthesis of flamenco and piano music, bringing an incredibly fluid and open style to the piano. His first album has been acclaimed in the new flamenco community for its freshness and accessible wedding of flamenco and jazz. Sergio fuses all the components of flamenco; the guitar, the ‘palmas' and the voice without imitating them bringing all the piano's melodic resources, rhythm and harmony into play.'
Also playing at the La Linea Latin Festival in April are Ojos de Brujo.
'Ojos de Brujo fuse flamenco's driving rhythms with hip-hop, funk, punk and other stray sounds snatched from the Barcelona street.
The group calls this musical mashup 'Jip Jop Flamenkillo', a sound that catapults flamenco into the 21st century without losing any of the power or passion of the music's roots.
Anyone who's heard the Gypsy Kings' brand of rumba catalana - which married traditional flamenco guitars to fiery Latin percussion - will recognize Ojos as the latest installment in flamenco's inclusive ida y vuelta (or 'go and return') tradition of assimilating New World sounds into the repertoire.'
So, I'm guessing not for flamenco purists but could be worth a look!!!
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