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Son De La Frontera | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: June 12, 2007
• Label: World Village
• Copyright: 2006 Nuevos Medios, S.A.
• Total Length: 1:04:21
• Genres: Dance & DJ/World Dance, International/Europe, International/Latin Music, Latin Music/Flamenco
• ASIN: B000RGHCK8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,614 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)
  • #96 in MP3 Downloads > MP3 Albums > Latin Music > Flamenco

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marvellous modern flamenco from Seville, February 27, 2008

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cal (Audio CD)

Son De La Frontera are a dynamic new flamenco group from Seville, Spain that plays raw-boned, energetic Spanish flamenco, with a warm stylistic twist. Guitarist Raul Rodriguez introduces the double-stringed Cuban tres guitar into the flamenco ouvre, and the cross-cultural experiment pays high dividends. The mellifluous tres, which lends itself to melodic improvisation, adds a fluidity to the ofttimes severe flamenco style, while the crushing muscularity of flamenco gives the tres a bit of a goose, demanding it be played with more authority and force. Mostly, though, this is a traditionalist album, with Rodriguez and his cohorts taking up the mantle from one of Seville's master musicians, Diego del Gastor, who developed much of the group's repertoire. If you enjoy flamenco with its original raw, elemental power, the thunderous chords and keening vocals, then this second album -- like their debut from a couple of years earlier -- will knock your socks off. Recommended! (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue music reviews)