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I've never heard of her before, has anyone seen her play/heard the record? Every now and then someone posts a YouTube video of a female guitarist, all the foroheads drool a bit, and we move on, but this is definitely the first one I've seen record an album.
I've never heard of her before, has anyone seen her play/heard the record? Every now and then someone posts a YouTube video of a female guitarist, all the foroheads drool a bit, and we move on, but this is definitely the first one I've seen record an album.
Definitely not the first female to record flamenco. Sarita made several lp's in the 50's and 60's and was in my opinion a much better player.
RE: First female guitar recording? (in reply to Mike_Kinny)
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She's my fb friend.
yeah i guess she had many friends...
i know Paco is better than Tomate but Tomate is better than Nunez. Moraito is a good as Chicuelo but better than Diego. Sabicas was better than N. Ricardo but can't beat N. Miguel....etc etc.
These statements are soo interesting
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RE: First female guitar recording? (in reply to mezzo)
Bettina is from Norway and was one of the star students of Manolo Sanlucar, she sang in Norweigan in class and accompanied herself in Rondenas tuning. She moved us all, especially Manolo. There is another female guitar phenom named Rubina from the course also, she is half Spanish and half Swiss, she was in Utrera, but is now in Sevilla, she writes music that sounds very modern, like Vicente Amigo or Chicuelo. And... then there is Inma (Inmacualada) she won third in the Young Accompanists competition in Cordoba this year. Another of Manolo's students won the competition, Alfonso Linares of Cordoba. Both of these students studied from a young age at the Conservatorio Superior "Rafael Orozco" in Cordoba.
RE: First female guitar recording? (in reply to Adam)
I think Ive already seen her live 2-3 years ago when she played very little for Carlos Lerida. I didn´t like it. But that was due to Lerida. Hmm.. I think I already wrote that in past, .. for me flamenco guitar is a very masculine thing. Women dont fit to that,..so I can´t enjoy it. .. But the sitting position was very nice indeed!
RE: First female guitar recording? (in reply to Adam)
I met Caroline Planté after her performance with a flamenco group in the Montreal (Canada) area a few years ago, and she was very shy about all the attention. She did agree there were few, if any , women playing flamenco guitar. She doesn't claim to be a virtuoso, but certainly has a nice earthy sound. Here is a recent interview: (in Spanish)
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