Carmen Linares premieres ‘Oasis abierto’, which turns Miguel Hernández’s poetry into flamenco cante

The tour begins on January 13th in Alicante and continues
on February 10th in Madrid

Flamenco-world.com, January 2011

Carmen Linares once again delves into poetry. Following the album ‘Raíces y alas’ in tribute to Juan Ramón Jiménez, the Jaén-born cantaora sets her sights on Miguel Hernández. And with poems by the Alicante-born writer, she shapes up a new show entitled ‘Oasis abierto’. It premieres at the Teatro Principal in Alicante on January 13th, thus kicking off a tour whose second date will be February 10th at the Caja Madrid Flamenco Festival. The lineup, led by the cantaora as music director and author of the music together with Luis Pastor, includes Emilio Hernández as stage director, Tomasito as bailaor and cantaor, Salvador Gutiérrez on guitar, Tino di Geraldo on percussion and Pablo Suárez on piano. The show, which musically feeds on deep-roots flamenco, folk and contemporary music, “reflects the liveliest side of Hernández’s poetry, and to do so, we’ve created a dynamic, coloristic show full of nuances, without giving up the commitment to a poet who always kept up an ethical position before the circumstances of his era”, Linares explains. Moreover, the repertoire contains the piece ‘Mis ojos sin tus ojos’ (see online video), dedicated to Enrique Morente, the cantaor who in 1971, when the poet was still banned by Franco’s dictatorship, recorded the tribute album ‘Homenaje flamenco a Miguel Hernández’.

Carmen Linares and group, 'Oasis abierto' rehearsals (Photo Oasisabierto.com)	Carmen Linares, Salvador Gutiérrez and Tino di Geraldo, 'Oasis abierto' rehearsals (Photo Oasisabierto.com)
Carmen Linares and Tomasito,'Oasis abierto' rehearsals (Photo Oasisabierto.com)	Carmen Linares and Pablo Suárez, 'Oasis abierto' rehearsals (Photo Oasisabierto.com)

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