Rough Guide To Flamenco
Various Artists
World
| Jul 2007
Reviews
Decca
Reviewed 2007-08-09
Reviewed 2007-08-09
Wonderful exploration of the contemporary state of Spanish flemenco music featuring artists at the top of their game. You can’t go wrong with any track. This delivers flamenco in all its emotional flavors – from absolute exultation to pure misery. Damned good stuff.
*1. Driving guitar/bass/palmas/female vox. Lively & so cool.
*2. Hip, funky, upbeat w/horns/vox/chorus. This rocks!!!
3. A “Gpysy Kings” sound w/soaring male vox & great guitar.
4. Slow & fragile jazz piano then midtempo w/vocals. Then slow…
*5 Slow gutar/male vox. Very emotional & so sad.
6. Starts slow, picks up nice m/f vocals & solid guitar.
*7. Upbeat bullfight guitar w/great guitars/palmas/vocals going at it.
8. Husky-good female vocals backed by guitars/palmas. Mid/upbeat.
*9. Upbeat, modern, hip fem vox/funky band/ programming.
*10. Fast/mid street flamenco – guitar/palmas/vox/feet.
11. Mid/up guitar tour de force. Light perc.
12. Upbeat w/multiple women singing a lively flamenco tango.
*13. Solid guitar intro to soaring male vox – a wildly tragic ballad.
*14. Bouncy & playful w/a Cuban influence. Guit/vox/feet/palmas.
*15. Crazy fast w/whiny high vocals and a fiesta atmosphere. Ole!
*1. Driving guitar/bass/palmas/female vox. Lively & so cool.
*2. Hip, funky, upbeat w/horns/vox/chorus. This rocks!!!
3. A “Gpysy Kings” sound w/soaring male vox & great guitar.
4. Slow & fragile jazz piano then midtempo w/vocals. Then slow…
*5 Slow gutar/male vox. Very emotional & so sad.
6. Starts slow, picks up nice m/f vocals & solid guitar.
*7. Upbeat bullfight guitar w/great guitars/palmas/vocals going at it.
8. Husky-good female vocals backed by guitars/palmas. Mid/upbeat.
*9. Upbeat, modern, hip fem vox/funky band/ programming.
*10. Fast/mid street flamenco – guitar/palmas/vox/feet.
11. Mid/up guitar tour de force. Light perc.
12. Upbeat w/multiple women singing a lively flamenco tango.
*13. Solid guitar intro to soaring male vox – a wildly tragic ballad.
*14. Bouncy & playful w/a Cuban influence. Guit/vox/feet/palmas.
*15. Crazy fast w/whiny high vocals and a fiesta atmosphere. Ole!
Recent airplay
Talisman
new world disorder — Oct 21, 2007
La Voz Del Tiempo
At Your Local Dive — Oct 18, 2007
Tangos De Mi Novia
At the Cafe Bohemian — Oct 16, 2007
Se La Llevo Dios
New World Disorder — Oct 14, 2007
Jose Monge Cruz
At the Cafe Bohemian — Oct 09, 2007
Alfileres De Color
New World Disorder — Oct 07, 2007
Charting
2007-08-19 — 2007-10-21
Reggae/World
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Oct 21 | 3 |
| Oct 14 | 2 |
| Oct 7 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | 1 |
| Sep 23 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | 4 |
| Sep 2 | 1 |
| Aug 26 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Adios Tristeza | ||
| 2. | Jose Monge Cruz | ||
| 3. | La Voz Del Tiempo | ||
| 4. | Mozamo | ||
| 5. | Tierra De Calma | ||
| 6. | De Puntillas | ||
| 7. | Alfileres De Color | ||
| 8. | Romance De La Rosa | ||
| 9. | Sultanas De Merkaillo | ||
| 10. | Talisman | ||
| 11. | Sahara | ||
| 12. | Casamiento Gitano | ||
| 13. | Se La Llevo Dios | ||
| 14. | Tangos De Mi Novia | ||
| 15. | La Estan Bailando |