Today I share with you a Lorca piece, café de Chinitas along with a video from Compañia Rafaela Carrasco. Emilio will be dancing to this in his own way this weekend; I can’t wait to see what he does.
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While my obsession with flamenco began twenty years ago, I still often find myself flipping out, amazed, jaw dropped and thinking how flamenco is so *%&#@ing cool. Today a letra and a video to demonstrate my point.
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Today enjoy a Bulerias de Cádiz letra along with a video of Fabiola Barba that I took during the last Flamenco Tour to Jerez.
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Here is a tangos letra and a video of Beatríz Morales dancing to it along with a video of Arcángel.
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Here is a bulerías letra we studied with José Mijita last weekend here in Jerez. It’s from his Latin Grammy nominated album, Se Llama Flamenco.
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Greetings from Jerez. I’m here on the Flamenco Tour, up to my ears in bulerías and loving it. So, here’s one for you today along with a video of Gema Moneo.
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Here is a bulerías letra for you and a video of Juanilloro recording in Jerez.
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Below you’ll find a letra along with a video of José Mercé singing it for Manuela Carrasco.
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Here is a tangos letra and a video of Manuel Liñan dancing to it that will blow you away.
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,Earlier this week Juanilloro, a young flamenco singer from La Plazuela in Jerez passed away. He was only 38 years old. Here’s a video of him singing and dancing along with a letra.
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Here a letra and a video of Zorri dancing bulerías that will make your day.
Tengo un canasto …
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Here is a bulerías letra with a video of El Terremoto singing it.
Quiera tu madre o no quiera …
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Here is a tientos letra followed by a video of Aurora Vargas singing it:
Tientos
Como la piedra tú eres…
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Here is a tangos letra along with a video of José Mercé singing it accompanied by Moraíto Chico.
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El faro de Chipiona
lo van a poner más alto
pa que alumbre a los vapores
y no se pierdan los barcos
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Today we flashback to 1996 with a video of Miguel Poveda singing tientos.
But first, here's one of the letras he sings:
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This was one of those difficult translations. It's a juguetillo (coletilla por cantiñas) and a video of Estrella Morente live:
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Qué mandilón, mandilón
Que de cabeza a cabeza
Me meto yo en el pilón
A facebook follower from Cádiz told me that this basically means:
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Here's a tangos estribillo that we danced to with Mercedes Ruíz during the last Flamenco Tour to Jerez. You can see a tiny snippet from that dance below along with a video of Claudia La Debla.
Tangos
Y voy y voy
date la vuelta ligero
como se la da el reloj…
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Here's one more bulerías for you. Zorri sang this to us one Flamenco Tour to Jerez during a meal we shared at José Luís and Maribel's (see pictures here). This was the perfect letra for the occasion:
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Ahora sí que estoy a gusto
estoy comiendo y bebiendo
con personas de mi gusto