Agujetas, cantaor (September, 2002)
"Camarón is a dog singing"
Ana Salazar, singer and bailaora (October, 2007)
“I fight for flamenco my way”
Ana Salazar, singer and bailaora (October, 2003)
"Edith Piaf taught me to pour out my heart
when I sing"
Antonio
Agujetas (June, 2001)
"This is a recording for good,
solid cante-lovers"
Antonio
Campos, cantaor (December, 2009)
“Flamenco currently has twenty thousand
ribbons tying it to the same point”
Antonio
Chacón
"Montoya's guitar
is me"
Antonio Malena, Cantaor. Interview
“You have to feel the music. I even
get emotion al singing the carefree lyric of a bulería”
Antonio Nuñez El chocolate (2001)
Arcángel, cantaor (November, 2011)
"We live in a world of half-truths"
Arcángel, cantaor (October, 2007)
“Unfortunately, there are still uncompromising
people in flamenco”
Arcángel (December, 2005)
“I need to explore other paths; I get
bored always singing the same thing”
Arcángel
(2000)
I think that Camaron has had too big
an influence on people. Listening to Camaron was a pleasure, but
no everyone can be like him.
Arcángel (March, 2001)
"There are many people who are determined
to reach a high note and they forget about everything else"
Argentina,
cantaora (February, 2010)
“I already know what’s in store
for me and what I’m getting into”
Argentina, cantaora (July, 2006)
“I wouldn’t like to go out on
stage and hear people say I’m the spitting image of another
cantaora”
Capullo de Jerez, cantaor (September, 2006)
“A lot of things are called flamenco
now which really aren’t”
Capullo
de Jerez, cantaor (November, 2005)
“Nobody can invent anything
in flamenco because it's all been invented already”
Capullo
de Jerez (January, 2001)
"I always say that singing is like
your ID: a photocopy is worthless"
Carmen Carmona, singer (January, 2002)
"You have to draw from the source which is
Camarón"
Carmen Grilo and José Valencia, cantaores (August, 2005)
“Flamenco evolves because each artist
contributes his own personality”
Carmen Linares, cantaora (June, 2011)
Memories of sounds
Flamenco
x 2. Interview with Carmen Linares and Juan Carlos Romero (November,
2008)
“We can’t take Juan Ramón
Jiménez to our ground; we have to go to his”
Carmen Linares, cantaora. 10th Anniversary of ‘Antología.
La mujer en el cante’ (June, 2007)
“The stagnation in flamenco is neither
good nor genuine”
Carmen
Linares (October, 2000)
"I
started off singing at home. My dad played guitar, and we'd sing
and play all the time."
Flamenco x 2. Carlos and Curro Piñana, guitarist and cantaor
(July, 2007)
“We like researching flamenco and bringing
out new ideas”
Chano Lobato, Matilde Coral and Juan Habichuela (September, 2003)
While they're with us
Chano
Lobato (June, 2001)
He's 72 years old, but
Chano laughs like a little kid when the talk is about flamenco.
Chano Lobato and Marina Heredia (May 2002)
"Duende? I don't know what that's supposed
to mean"
David
Lagos, cantaor (November, 2009)
“If I ask for anything, it’s
for me to be allowed to develop as a cantaor the way I feel it”
David Palomar, cantaor (July, 2008)
‘Trimilenaria’, track-by-track
David Palomar, cantaor (July, 2007)
“I don’t know whether I like
laughing more or singing”
Diana Navarro, singer (November, 2011)
"Now I can sing flamenco the way I used to dream of"
Diego Clavel, cantaor. Interview (January, 2008)
“I ask a lot of people questions because
that’s how you learn cante”
Diego el Cigala, cantaor (July, 2008)
“A bolero is sung with the same tragedy
as a soleá”
Diego el Cigala, cantaor (September, 2005)
“I really needed this flamenco album”
Diego el Cigala, cantaor (January, 2002)
"In flamenco there's more and more desire
to learn all the time, people are dying to create"
Diego el Cigala, cantaor (september, 2001)
"Camarón is a like an albatross
around my neck"
Diego
el Cigala (October, 2000)
"I offer a modern interpretation
of flamenco that is respectful of tradition."
Dolores
Agujeta (January, 2001)
"I do what I can, I don't know about
cante or nothing."
Duquende, cantaor (October, 2005)
“People are starting to recognize me”
Duquende
(July, 2000)
"I never thought I'd be a singer,
I just liked to sing."
Pepe León ‘El Ecijano’, cantaor (November, 2006)
“Flamenco has to open up, but not from
cante; from music”
El
Cabrero, cantaor (December, 2008)
“It’s really clear to me that
I’m a flamenco cantaor who occasionally sings tango”
El Lebrijano, cantaor (June, 2008)
“Many sing well, but... and what else?”
El Lebrijano, cantaor (april, 2005)
“Making an album these days really
racks my brains”
El Lebrijano, (2001)
"Music is the successfull combining
of sounds in time"
El
Lebrijano (1999)
"It really got to me when
García Marquez wrote: When Lebrijano sings, water gets wet."
Historic
interview with El Mochuelo, flamenco cantaor (Estampa, 1936)
El Pele and Vicente Amigo on 'Canto' (October, 2003)
"We both hurt on the same side"
El Torta, cantaor (November, 2007)
“Truth is missing in today’s
flamenco”
El Torta, cantaor (August, 2004)
“Now I realize I have to take the responsibility
and sing well”
Encarnación Marín, La Sallago, singer (February, 2002)
"I think that pure cante is never lost because
there's always a select audience"
Encarna Anillo, cantaora (April,2008)
“In flamenco cante you can’t
settle for the gift you’ve been given”
Encarnita Anillo, cantaora (August, 2006)
“Ever since I was able to think for
myself I've been up on stage”
Enrique el Extremeño, cantaor (October, 2002)
"How do I learn so many shows? By rehearsing
a lot"
Enrique
Morente, cantaor (November, 2009)
“I have to put it on the line in every
stage”
Enrique Morente, cantaor (February, 2007)
“Cante doesn’t have maestros,
it has disciples”
Enrique Morente, cantaor (June, 2006)
A desire and a quest for everything
Enrique Morente, cantaor (February, 2006)
“Cante has always been in a state of
evolution”
Enrique
Morente (September, 2000)
"Literal and dogmatic definitions
tire me. I like the truth, the roots, I don't like those that are
made by purists."
Esperanza Fernández, cantaora (November, 2007)
“Everybody knows flamenco is
free and each person expresses himself the way he feels it”
Esperanza Fernández,
singer (January, 2002)
"Jazz has given me a lot of wisdom
for going out on stage"
Esperanza Fernández, cantaora (December, 2005)
“Flamenco is the longest career; you
never stop learning”
Esperanza
Fernández (February, 2001)
"Women now play an important role,
not only in the music, but also in general."
Estrella Morente, cantaora (October, 2005)
“I'm still not even a trace of what
I want to be”
Estrella Morente, cantaora (August, 2003)
"More than success, what matters to me is
that my work is respected"
Estrella
Morente (March, 2001)
"I can't fall back on the Morente
name, I'm aware there are many people with high hopes, and plenty
of others just waiting to pounce"
Fernando
Terremoto,. Obituary & previously unpublished interview (February,
2010)
“I feel freer now”
Fernando
Terremoto (August, 2000)
"It's clear that we
have to respect flamenco, but it's also true that we could do with
a little lightening-up, a little joy. "
Fosforito (1999)
"I´ll tell you something else,
the cante is above even any genius, if you can call anybody a genius
in this thing."
Fosforito, cantaor (August, 2005)
“Chocolate was a terrific cantaor
who also had what it takes to get Cante's Llave de Oro”
Historic
interview. Francisco Lema ‘Fosforito’ (1931)
Ginesa Ortega, cantaora (January, 2006)
“I always get to the party early, get
bored and leave. And when I'm gone, the party starts”
Ginesa Ortega, cantaora (January, 2003)
"I would like to reflect an image of freedom
in flamenco cante"
Israel Paz, cantaor (December, 2006)
“Flamenco isn’t from anywhere”
Interview
with Jesús Méndez, cantaor (January, 2009)
“Cante isn’t one plus
one equals two”
Jesús Méndez, cantaor (August, 2006)
“When my family heard me sing, my father
tore his shirt open”
Joaquín el Canastero (October, 2001)
"They've written black literature about
Camarón"
José Menese (December, 2000)
"In flamenco everything is being lost except the shamelessness"
José
Mercé, cantaor (September, 2011)
“On my next album there’s going to be flamenco which is... extensive”
José
Mercé, cantaor (April, 2010)
“The good thing about flamenco
is that everything is yet to be discovered”
José Mercé, cantaor (November, 2004)
“I'm one of those people who likes
to sing, not shout”
José Mercé, cantaor (November, 2002)
"If doing modern flamenco is a sin, I'm going
to Hell"
José Parra, cantaor (January, 2004)
"In cante flamenco you have to outdo yourself
and evolve, without ever losing the roots"
José Valencia and Carmen Grilo, cantaores (August, 2005)
“Flamenco evolves because each artist
contributes his own personality”
Juan
Villar (2001)
"I like soleá more than bulería"
La
Macanita (June, 2009)
“I’m not such a serious cantaora
as everybody thinks”
La Macanita
(2000)
"I've
been singing since I was a little child. I couldn't understand a
thing, but I was already singing"
La Niña de los Peines. Historic interview (July, 1935)
Singing's taking a change for the worst
La Susi, Arcángel and Diego Carrasco on 'Territorio Flamenco' (October,
2003)
"We're taking risks to open doors
for flamenco"
La Susi (November,
2002)
"They used to call me the female Camarón,
but I'm not, because Camarón was one of a kind"
La Tana, cantaora (April, 2005)
“I hope not to be a short-lived cantaora”
La Tobala, cantaora (April, 2008)
“Seeking personality in flamenco is
not having it”
Lole, cantaora. Interview
“Since everything I sing is new, I
can’t take notice of anybody”
Lole Montoya, cantaora (March, 2004)
"Lole and Manuel have made a kind of music
that still isn't understood"
Londro,
flamenco cantaor (June, 2010)
“They say the foundation of flamenco
cante is laid and if you get away from it, it’s as if you
were twisting the building”
Luis el Zambo, cantaor (June, 2006)
“If Tío Borrico were alive to
see what an artist’s paid right now, he’d knock his
head against the wall”
María
José Pérez, flamenco cantaora. Interview
“I know in time I’ll become more
and more personal”
Marina
Heredia, cantaora (May, 2010)
'This album is me'
Marina Heredia, cantaora. ‘La voz del agua’, track by
track (March, 2007)
“When I’m singing I like to say
something, to leave a message”
Marina Heredia, cantaora (July, 2005)
"I have to show things on this album
I didn't show on the previous one"
Marina Heredia (2001)
"I like to think like the elders"
Marina Heredia (2001)
"Look, that stuff about gypsy or non-gypsy,
it doesn't make any sense to me in this day and age"
Mayte Martín, flamenco cantaora. Interview
"The Labèque sisters didn't choose
the most high-profile artist, nor the most flamenco-looking"
Mayte
Martín (March, 2001)
"Flamenco isn't exclusive to any race,
nor any place in particular"
Miguel
Poveda, cantaor (June, 2009)
“I don’t feel like I’ve
made my flamenco album yet”
Miguel Poveda, cantaor (November, 2006)
“I’m along the lines of brave
artists”
Miguel Poveda (March, 2004)
"I find myself back to scratch because I
feel more responsibility"
Miguel Poveda
(2001)
"I write some verses, but then I don't
like them so I don't sing them. I always prefer the ones written
by others"
Miguel
Poveda (1999)
"I like to do research, understand
why things are a certain way. Then I can do my work with coherence
and intelligence."
Niña Pastori, cantaora. (February, 2009)
“Flamenco isn’t easy music, and
therefore can’t be for the masses”
Niña Pastori, cantaora. (September, 2006)
“Fans in America know a lot about flamenco”
Niña Pastori, singer (April, 2002)
"Nobody's my boss, not at the record company,
not anywhere. My boss is the audience"
Niño de Olivares (September, 2001)
"I just can't believe this is happening"
Paco del Pozo, cantaor (January, 2004)
"New musical directions are crucial to flamenco"
Pepa
de Benito, Gaspar de Utrera and El Cuchara, cantaores. (August,
2005)
“Cante can't be learned”
Pepe de Lucía, singer (November, 2002)
"These days there are nice singers around,
good singers, but like Paco says, they're all clones"
Pitingo, cantaor. ‘Soulería’, track by track
(June, 2008)
“What should be frightening is not
creating anything in flamenco cante”
Pitingo, cantaor (December, 2007)
“I’d rather be criticized the
way Camarón and Enrique Morente were criticized”
Pitingo, Cantaor (July, 2006)
“I’d have loved to take the seguiriya
off the album as a single”
Potito (May, 2006)
“I stole what I needed from Camarón”
Potito (1998)
"There are only two types of
musicians and music: what you can relate to and what you can't.
I like to work with whoever I like."
Rafael de Utrera, cantaor (February, 2004)
"Flamenco has to move with the times, it
can't look over its shoulder constantly"
Rafael de Utrera (March, 2001)
"I can't understand those people who
distinguish between great styles and small styles, or gypsy cante
and non-gypsy cante"
Rocío
Márquez, flamenco cantaora (April, 2009)
“Contributing something new to flamenco
might take you a lifetime, but you have to try”
Rosario
la Tremendita, Cantaora (September, 2009)
“Guitar is a perfect work instrument
for a cantaor”
Sandra Carrasco, flamenco cantaora (October, 2011)
"New elements have to be added to flamenco"
Segundo Falcón, cantaor and director of the Centro Andaluz
de Flamenco (May, 2002)
"If you don't know the foundations of flamenco
you always tip the scales one way or the other, you'll never have
the balance you can get from studying the roots"
Sonia Miranda, cantaora (April, 2006)
“What still catches my eye is flamenco’s
capacity to excite”
Tomás de Perrate, cantaor (February, 2006)
“I'm going to copy, which is the best
way to learn”
Vicente Soto Sordera, cantaor (December, 2004)
“I sing with thought”
Vicente Soto (1999)
"It's a great responsibility
to carry on with a family singing tradition."
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