Hi all, here are just a few more links of interest that I would like to bring to your attention, the links will take you to some pages in English about some of the greatest known artists in the world of Cante Flamenco, and through these links you will be able to find out more about the "Great Ones" as I have been doing, and it is fascinating to read how their careers got started and have proceeded over the years.
I agree. Santiago : your postings are now becoming a sort of PORTAL to Flamenco. There are very good 'portals' for all information about Flamenco. And there is a great web site about my favourite name in Flamenco Antonio N��ez otherwise known to his afficiandos as THE CHOCOLATE he is a star. Let's enjoy the music mate? :m:
Posts: 236 | Location: Cadiz Province and Sussex England | Registered: 07 October 2002
i'm pretty sure he started this new thread since the board is having trouble these days and he could not acccess the other one.
however, Santiago, i would appreciate it if you waited till the board is working properly again to post this on the other thread instead of starting yet another flamenco thread.
Yes Okay guys & gals, I admit it, I was a bit too hasty with wanting to post the links, and Jer is right about waiting for the board problem to clear, and it was my intention to add the links to the already existing thread, but felt a little impatient after trying all day to post, and needed to get off the Rig, and do some house cleaning chores etc, so sorry about that.<br /><br />Of course it could be moved over to the other thread fairly easily a bit later on I guess.<br /><br />Sorry sue, but I don't think you have quite as much passion for the art of Flamenco as I do, Nige, well, you surprise me with that statement, surely, like me you must realise how fundamental to Spanish life the Flamenco really is, and therefore is more likely to be taken more seriously on a website such as multimadrid, which provides in-depth detail of all the essentials of what Spanish life & culture are all about, and therefore the suggestion of overdoing of the Flamenco theme that I try to portray & keep alive on multimadrid, is unnecessary. I would prefer more words of support & encouragement to keep posting something on the Flamenco side of life in Spain each week, and would gladly do that for multimadrid, in order to ensure that all newcomers to multimadrid don't miss out on one of the most fundamentally important features of Spanish culture & life style. But anyway, I take your point just the same, and realise that it was meant (as I would say) "Sin malintencion".<br /><br />So once again, sorry for the extra thread Jer, perhaps you might shift it a little later on.<br /><br />Saludos todos.<br /><br />Santi.
Posts: 696 | Location: Santander | Registered: 11 August 2003
Santi - like you my interest in Spain began with my interest in Flamenco and the main reason I love Madrid is because I can talk to flamenco artists ( and listen to ) great flamenco. Have you visited flamenco teacher or foro flamenco because I'm sure both these places would appreciate your links and comments? Karenanne ps my best memory of Madrid and cante - hearing El Yunque sing in La Solea at 6am! Amazing.
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Posts: 61 | Location: Birmingham, UK | Registered: 21 May 2002
Hi Kah, and well, to tell you the truth the only thing that I have been able to do in the way of promoting the Flamenco in Epsa�a in recent times, is the posting of some of my research findings on the multimadrid forum, and have not as yet devoted any time or effort in posting on Flamenco on other forums, simply because they are all fairly well catered for already, and have plenty of input from many posters, who are more or less full time aficionados, and so don't really feel the need to add to the already brimming supply of info on those forums, but on multimadrid it has not been like that nearly as much, and the relatively small quantity of info that I post about Flamenco on multimadrid is enough to keep most members & newcomers happy, and provide a break from all the posting that there is about the sporting activities, which some mm-er's might not be interested in, and serves as a reminder to all that there are cultural activities and other special events happening constantly in Spain, that could use a little support, and I like to transmit my support for El Flamenco via multimadrid, and try to encourage others to do the same, because the Flamenco needs to be supported in the face of the overwhelming tide of "pop" music, which constantly threatens to submerge the originality and true character of flamenco music in Spain, even though I like some pop music too, and many modern bands, but I still do not want to see any decline in the True Flamenco style of singing, which is really why I keep posting on the subject. Multimadrid is the only website that benefits from my findings, and I make no profit, but get a lot pleasure out of knowing that hundreds if not thousands of visitors to Multimadrid will see the stuff, and perhaps be inspired enough to go and buy some Flamenco CD's and/or go & see un tablao (a flamenco show) and perhaps even get into the history of it all by reading some the stuff that I have been reading, about the folklore, the Gypsies, the whole thing down there in Andalucia, going back hundreds of years, it is an awesome subject, with some incredible stories about great singers, great guitarists, great dancers, and so on, right up to present day Giants like Paco de Lucia, Gastor, Tomatito, Camaron, Morente, Lebrijano, and thousands more just like them over the last two centuries.
Have you ever noticed that when you listen to a really good piece of Cante Jondo, or go to see a really hot Bailaora stirring up a whirlwind, and sending out bolts of thunder & lightning with each clap of her hands, and stamp of her feet, that it is not just an entertainment that is going on there, there's something else going on in there, there is for me anyway, it's more like a spiritual thing, like some kind of powerful religious ceremony, and your emotional involvement in it & with it, is total, and can even be exhausting for you as well as the singer/dancer, I think Freddy Mercury got it right when he said "It's a kind of Magic"...it really is Magic, an Intoxicating, hypnotic & magical experience, which you never forget, once you've seen the raw power of Flamenco dance, or heard that of the voice, conveying hundreds of years of anguish, happiness, sorrows, joys, bitterness, fun, the whole spectrum of human emotions handed down through the centuries, to pass on the story of life with all it's up's & downs, the Rumba, the Tango, the Fandango, the Buleria, and so many others, too many to name here, all passing on the history of this incredible race of people, with this thing of theirs called Flamenco, which really owes it's existence to the Moros, the Jewish people of Spain, the Andalucians, and of course most definitely to the migrants who travelled down from the North of India called the Punjab, who were given the nickname "the Gypsies" "Los Gitanos" because if it were not for them, it would have definitely have faded away long ago, they took hold of it, and breathed new life into it, and gave it a new soul, and kept it alive over the last two hundred years, for us to experience here today. If you're going to ask me whether I am going to keep posting things about it, the answer is....You bet!!
By the way, while out & about last month, amongst my many purchases of CD's, I also got the double CD of the Paco de Lucia concert last year, (Nueva Antologia) Edicion conmemorativa Premio Principe de Asturias de las Artes 2004, in which he was given the award by the Prince of Asturias, and I can tell you that it is a very good CD indeed, and I have previously posted on another thread specifically about that event, and the concert.
Anyway, that's enough from me now, I'm knackered, and badly need a BiG cup of English Tea, and so, as always....... :m: Now, back to the records...
I'll say cheers for now then.
Posts: 696 | Location: Santander | Registered: 11 August 2003
Okay, Karenanne and fellow aficionados on multimadrid, here is another Item that I think you will very much like to read, about this extremely wonderful Cantaora called "La Macanita" daughter of the famous "El Macano".
�I'm from Jerez, where many artists were born and died, and if they were alive today, all the new ones who are coming along now, wouldn't stand a chance�.
I hope you enjoy this article..... :cheers:
Saludos .......Santiago
Posts: 696 | Location: Santander | Registered: 11 August 2003
Can�t this already go under the topic of Flamenco! I know you love it, but does it really need a new thread every time!!!!!!!! 
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