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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 23 2010 23:16:41

edguerin

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RE: Voz afilla (in reply to Guest)

The voz afilla seems to have gotten out of fashion.
I love it. It gives me shivers.
Take Juana la del Pipa for example, at first you can't tell wether it's a man or a woman singing ...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 25 2010 16:16:55

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RE: Voz afilla (in reply to Guest)

For some reason I tend to prefer the cantaores payos, perhaps because I find the gypsy too jondo and often can't relate. For example I just love this:

I love that style of singing. I think there's a name for it, but can't think of it now. Perhaps my tastes just tend to ornamentation. I love how Cano seems to barely hold back the sobs here, from about 6:05 to 6:10:

True feeling or artifice? I don't care. My preferences are probably formed by an early infatuation with falsetto singing, you know, Smokey Robinson, "Mule Skinner Blues," "Malagueña salerosa" and "El pastor" of música guasteca.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Oct. 17 2010 5:06:48