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Alatriste
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 RE: Ven Te pa' Madrid (in reply to Alatriste)
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For those new and not familiar with the group. Some quick background from the link. Caveats on the accuracy and some of what is written may be opinion. http://www.esflamenco.com/bio/en10233.html
Antonio Carmona. Voice
José Miguel Carmona. Guitar
Juan Carmona. Guitar
The leaders of what has been called New Flamenco, they brought a style that was somewhere between flamenco and pop salsa onto the musical scene that drew as much criticism as praise, but which has won over the young public and has given them millions of sales. In their records they have mixed flamenco with salsa, Brazilian music, reggae, funk, jazz and, in their latest work Dame la Mano, they have been so bold as to mix it with hip hop and house.
Ketama was formed in Madrid in the early eighties, taking its name from a well-known valley in Morocco. The Sorderas and Habichuelas come from two great gypsy flamenco families, and the initiative to set up the band came from the guitarists, José Soto, Sorderita, and Juan Carmona. They were joined by Ray Heredia, the son of the bailaor Josele. Their first work, Ketama, was released in 1985, although it was recorded two years earlier. It was the great gamble by the independent company that was the driving force behind the Jóvenes Flamencos record label, and in a few years it bore its fruits.
First Ray Heredia and later José Soto left the band, and it was joined by José Miguel Carmona, on guitar, and Antonio Carmona, as a lead singer. They earned international recognition with their third record, Songhai, a fusion of flamenco with Toumani Diabate's African kora, which was praised in reviews in The Times and The International Herald Tribune. Nonetheless, their ultimate success was De akí a Ketama, which was recorded live with the participation, among others, of Antonio Flores and Antonio Vega. It sold over a million copies, it spent a year in the Spanish hit parade, and won the Ondas award for Best Album (1995), Best Spanish Group (1996) and the Premio de la Música in the Best Song category in 1996 with the song No estamos lokos. In the same year they contributed to the film Alma Gitana with two songs. In 1998, the band won the Ondas award for the Best Album again, this time with Konfusión, which sold 300,000 copies.
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Date Feb. 24 2010 13:34:06
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JasonMcGuire
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So why not start a "toilet wall" type open public forum on Flamenco-Lessons?
I did, by using my name and linking my blogs to my lesson site. I use my name and put it on the line to voice an opinion that I feel strongly about and that I think is an important point to make for the future of flamenco at least in my country.
I have endured MANY threats and abuses BEFORE I ever chose to voice my Fakemenco™ opinions. Of course that goes with the territory of sticking your neck out as a public figure. I have aside from defending myself against some anonymous members, contributed a lot of valuable information. I do remember CANTE being a rarely visited term around here with the exception of Sean and Norman... forgive me if I left out anyone.... I am very happy that it has become an exciting and VERY active part of this place.
This is a place for many things. Joking, learning, arguing, respecting, making mistakes, apologizing, sharing, defending..... just like my home. Perhaps I should only offer information and no humor and I should indeed HOLD MY TONGue when it comes to .....nevermind...... yes just post information about how to play. Thats SO flamenco. Only about playing.....
I have hit the ABUSE button twice in my life.
Don't you think with the amount of trash that has been thrown at me, that I could have hit it a lot more?
If you are telling me that I have to let people insult me and I can't reply then please next time.... try to sensor them before I get a chance to respond to the BS. I'm not planning on backing down from any douchebags who want to talk crap about me anytime soon.
Unfortunately this is the place where people choose to attack me.
Of course Ron, if you ask me to leave, I will.
Jason
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