I have a treat for you today.
Antonio Reyes and Nono Reyes live from their Coronavirus quarantine.
Watch the following video, and feel yourself transported to the province of Cádiz.
Trust me, you will love it. (I know I say that all the time but only because it’s true.) And I dare you not to get up and dance, or at the very least play palmas, during the bulerías at the end.
Soleá*
Paco de Lucía/Antonio Sánchez Pecino
Por mala lengua que tienes
al infierno irás a parar
que sólo dices mentiras
y dudas de la verdad
For all of the horrible things you say
you’ll end up in hell
All you do is tell lies
and doubt reality
This is the first letra he sings below about a minute into the video:
You can hear this one (which is also this one) about three minutes in.
I could listen to this soleá por bulería all. day. long.
Couldn’t you?
Stick around for the rest of the video where you’ll hear him sing por siguiriyas, fandangos, and bulerías.
Oleeeee.
This was part of the Círculo Flamenco de Madrid filmed during the Coronavirus quarantine.
*EDIT: Muchísimas gracias, JM, for your comment about how this letra is from an old Camarón and Paco album. And thank you, Nat Hulskamp for sending me the the original recording and for letting me know who wrote it.
You can listen to that original version, soleá, with Camarón singing it and Paco de Lucía on guitar here.