Manuel Agujetas, living legend of Gypsy Flamenco accompanied by Manuel Valencia

Agujetas' singing is rough like the first sip of whiskey. -From the film "Agujetas Cantaor"


Spanish Gypsy flamenco legend Manuel Agujetas, is an outstanding, controversial singer - anarchic and unpredictable. Born Manuel de los Santos Pastor in Jerez de la Frontera in 1939, Agujetas is one of the most important figures in the history of flamenco. Heir to the Spanish Gypsy tradition of singing blacksmiths, Agujetas worked in his falther's forge until 1970, when he made his first recording. He has achieved international recognition for his singing of the stunningly intense form of flamenco, cante jondo (deep song), which includes flamenco's purest, ancient styles such as martinetes and siguiriyas. He appears in Carlos Saura's film "Flamenco" and in Dominique Abel's documentary "Agujetas, Cantaor".
Agujetas will be joined by dancer Kanako and the superb young Gypsy guitarist Manuel Valencia of Jerez de la Frontera, a student of both maestro Manuel Morao and Gerardo Núñez and the nephew of Terremoto, from whom he learned to accompany the cante.

SHOW IN SANTA CRUZ, BERKELEY & LOS ANGELES!
Santa Cruz: Tuesday, May 15, 7pm Buy Tickets
Los Angeles: Friday, May 18, 8pm Buy Tickets
Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Berkeley: Sunday, May 20, 8pm Buy Tickets

Phone: 510-444-2820
Email: info@bayareaflamencofestival.com
Web: http://www.BayAreaFlamencoFestival.com

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Más videos e información sobre de importantes figuras del flamenco de "Vida Flamenca!"

Documental sobre cantaor Manuel Agujetas
A Film by Dominque Abel

Documental que le hicieron a Manuel en el 98, llamado Agujetas, cantaor, gracias a este documental se conocen muchos aspectos de este gran cantaor. Para mí es el mejor y punto.

Manuel de los Santos Pastor, also known as Agujetas (b. Rota, Spain, 1939) is a living legend and one of the most important figures in the history of flamenco. The son of legendary singer El Viejo Agujetas, he worked in his father's blacksmith forge until he went to Madrid as a teenager to sing in the flamenco nightclubs there. He has recorded over 10 albums and appears in Carlos Saura's film Flamenco and in Dominique Abel's documentary Agujetas, Cantaor. He is the father of singers Dolores Agujetas and Antonio Agujetas.

Videos aquí! Documental: Manuel Agujetas ¡¡ÚNICO!! Parte 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M0P24EGqXQ&feature=player_embedded
Documental: Manuel Agujetas ¡¡ÚNICO!! Parte 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESoK1Z26xRs&feature=player_embedded
Documental: Manuel Agujetas ¡ÚNICO! parte 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv3gmdJbblU&feature=player_embedded
Documental: Manuel Agujetas ¡¡ÚNICO!! parte 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA4y-m4wt0o&feature=player_embedded
Documental: Manuel Agujetas ¡¡ÚNICO!! parte 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOqYeHxTQmI&feature=player_embedded
Documental: Manuel Agujetas ¡¡ÚNICO!! parte 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFqNq54TS1A&feature=player_embedded

Musica y discos: http://www.last.fm/music/Manuel+Agujetas

Dominique Abel Website: http://www.dominiqueabel.com/
Link to Buy Video at FNAC: http://www.dominiqueabel.com/home.html

Rito y Geografía del Cante Flamenco - Diego del Gastor

Photo by Steve Kahn.

Arriate, a little town in the Málaga-area Ronda mountains, bears witness to the birth of Diego Flores Amaya, the son of Bárbara and Juan, a cattle dealer. When the boy is four years old, the family originally from Grazalema settles in El Gastor, in the neighboring province of Cádiz. And from that whitewashed town of his childhood and teen years, he would take the stage name Diego del Gastor; he who ‘revolutionized’ flamenco toque from (and for) Morón de la Frontera.

Once the family had settled in Morón, they say the teen Diego used to spend hours playing the guitar. “Later on, his friendship with Pepe Naranjo and Pepe Mesa made Diego develop and reach a very personal style”, as Fernando González-Caballos specifies in the book ‘Guitarras de cal’. It was thus how he made contact with “the school of Moron, which begins with Paco el de Lucena”. And also key was his close relationship with cantaor Joselero, who would become his brother-in-law, besides one of the cantaores his guitar would provide accompaniment for. Then in the fifties, he also made direct contact with Niño Ricardo, when the Sevillian maestro was working at El Guajiro. “Diego felt great admiration for Niño Ricardo’s art and when they ran into each other at Siete Puertas it seemed like a duel of titans: they handed the guitar back and forth to one another, exchanging falsetas”, Sody explains. {more}

ALMA GITANA PELICULA

Antonio es el prototipo de joven urbano individualista y mujeriego. Se gana la vida como camarero en la cafetería del Parlamento y baila esporádicamente para los turistas. Su sueño es triunfar como bailaor. Su vida cambiará cuando conoce a Lucía, una joven distinta con la que descubre algo nuevo: el compromiso que supone el verdadero amor. Adaptación de la obra ``El bailaor´´ de Timo Lozano.

"Herencia Flamenca" la familia Habichuela

Herencia Flamenca es un documental de la familia Habichuela. La película está protagonizada por la familia Habichuela, Juan y Pepe Habichuela, y sus hijos, los componentes del grupo Ketama. Un viaje a sus raíces culturales gitanas, hacia su propia historia, la historia de su saga, cuyos padres Juan Carmona Habichuela y Pepe Habichuela, ponen el sello "Habichuela" a cinco generaciones que un día unen su energía en una explosión de arte, emoción, recuerdos, música y complicidad. Desde el mayor de la saga, el Tío Miguel, hasta el menor, también otro Miguel, pasando por KETAMA, todos y cada unos de ellos y ellas, se atreven a sacar lo más íntimo y personal de su historia.

Marina Heredia - 'En nombre del padre', de Dominique Abel

In Español with French Subtitles

14 minuto clip del documental de la polifacética realizadora Dominique Abel: "En nombre del padre" (2000).

Abel decide rodar un documental sobre la transmisión del flamenco de padres a hijos. La cinta recoge así la herencia flamenca del baile, de Manolete Maya a su hija Judea Maya, y del cante, de Jaime Heredia "El Parrón" a su hija Marina Heredia.

Más información: www.dominiqueabel.com

Marina Heredia YouTube Channel 

Marina Heredia on Faceb00k!

EL CANTE BUENO DUELE (engl.)

A young Antonio de la Malena singing con Moraito Chico playing Seguirillas. 1973!!!!! This is the full addition with English subtitles.
This film was made possible through the financial support of NTR television and the Dutch Flamenco Biennial.
Cinematographer and director Martijn van Beenen and Ernestina van de Noort director of the Dutch Flamenco Biennial to travel to Jerez de la Frontera in search of the roots of flamenco. They met three generations of guitarists: Manuel Morao, Moraíto Chico and Diego del Morao. 

The Morao gypsy dynasty has put an indelible mark on the flamenco style from Jerez de la Frontera, one of the most prominent breeding grounds of flamenco. It emerged on the land around Jerez on the large farms where gypsies worked as day labourers. María Bala (76), sister of the great singer Manuel Soto Sordera and one of the last keepers of the old cante jondo, demonstrates how the primitive flamenco singing of the past sounded. With Manuel Morao, Moraíto Chico, Diego del Morao, Jesús Méndez, María Bala, José Mercé, Diego Carrasco y familia, El Bo, Chícharo and many others. 

And more links here @ La Flamenca