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Old 05-08-2017, 08:04 PM   #15 (permalink)
Aloysius
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Originally Posted by Frownland View Post
I'll be getting through all of the albums on this list (only heard the Paco de Lucia one) but I started off with this one because of the description and it's brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
An awesome album for sure. Glad to return the favour, I've listened to lots of your recs.

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista View Post
Yes. Extremely cool stuff.

OP: What's your thoughts on both Strunz and Farah (who I got to see here in San Diego about 15 years ago) and the more recent Rodrigo y Gabriela?
To be honest I'm not a fan of that sort of thing. The music they play is rumba, a Cuban form that can be pretty cool in it's original form, but this is highly commercialised (there is also Ottmar Liebert, Jesse Cook and countless others). Asking a flamenco fan what they think of this is a bit like asking a death metal fan what they think of Nickleback, or an avant-garde jazz fan what they think of Kenny G. That first video you posted had a cool intro, but once the rumba rhythm kicks in it sounds cheesy to me - just my personal taste.
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