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Originally Posted by Frownland
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!
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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
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?
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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.