Here’s the story behind the cd: Various local governments throughout Spain, working with local flamenco clubs, decided to have a contest and find the best inmate singers in a national contest. It is the most powerful of flamenco styles: cante jondo, or deep song. I am reminded of an amazing album that came out in 1998, called Two Cries of Freedom: Gypsy Flamenco from the Prisons of Spain. His son Antonio–the prison flamenco entry–is a fine singer as well. He is one of the godfathers of cante jondo. So was the paella created for the occasion by Joe Miller, who runs Joe’s Restaurant on Abbott Kinney and the wonderful tapas bar in Santa Monica, Bar Pintxo.Īnd I just learned, at the great Vicente Amigo show last night (3/24) that the great Manuel Agujetas will make a rare appearance here in May. Amigo performs Saturday, then Adam Del Monte, Nino de los Reyes and Teatro Flamenco perform on Sunday. It’s this weekend at The Redondo Center for the Performing Arts, in Redondo Beach. After 10 years Vicente Amigo is finally returning here. I am thinking about flamenco because there is a flamenco festival coming to LA this weekend.
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