flamenco
Flamenco guitarist Paco Fernández
releases his first album, ‘Sastipén Talí’
His sister Esperanza Fernández and
pianist Dorantes collaborate on the record
Carlos Sánchez. Seville, December 2005
‘Sastipén Talí’,
which in gypsy language means health and freedom, is the
first record “offspring” of guitarist Paco
Fernández. In his début as a soloist,
the Triana-born artist uncovers all of his creative side,
since he adds the timbre of his own voice to his guitar-playing
in some of the songs making up this album. In this work,
which has a total of ten songs, artists have collaborated
of the likes of Dorantes, Diego del Morao, Potito, Farruco,
as well as his siblings, Esperanza and Joselito Fernández.
Paco Fernández
Paco Fernández has made his dream
come true. ‘Sastipén Talí’ is
the yearned-for wish of an artist who fights with his guitar
daily. The album is a mixture of rhythms and melodies seasoned
with the essence of flamenco most deep-rooted to his own
family, that of the Fernández family. In the words
of the artist himself, it is “a musical work you have
to listen to with an open mind”. It includes ten songs
he composed himself, except jaleos attributed to José
Ríos Vega, where mature aromas are combined with
current trends.
Two sides can be distinguished on this
album. A more orthodox one, appreciable in the seguiriya
‘La Fragua de mi pare Curro’ or in the bulerías
dedicated to his mother Pepa Vargas, ‘Momá
Lebrija’, in which his brother Joselito and Farruco
appear on baile. And a more heterodox one is glimpsed in
‘La Tarara’, performed by his sister Esperanza
Fernández; in ‘Do, re, mi’, bulerías
paying tribute to great artists such as Mozart, Picasso,
Lorca and Falla; and in the alegrías of the same
name as the first album by the Sevillian guitarist, ‘Sastipén
Talí’, in which Potito's voice appears.
The jaleos ‘Guitarrista pobre’,
the soleá through bulería ‘Gandhi’,
the tangos ‘Mira lo que da Triana’, the lullaby
‘Mi hija Soleá’ and the bulerías
‘Chache Curro Romero’ complete the range of
songs making up the first record of the multi-faceted Triana-born
artist.
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