Flamenco Michener's rap against flamenco in his "Iberia" is that it's been corrupted into a tourist show everywhere. Still, it's something you wouldn't see on a normal Saturday night in Arlington. So how authentic was the dancing, in your friend's opinion? Was the flamenco guitar as good, say, as Manitas de Plata? And was the flamenco singing their usual semi-rythmic shouting?
Sorry, my Spain will always be the North. Love that gaita, bodhran (borrowed from the Irish), and hurdy-gurdy music!
Alan
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Michener's rap against flamenco in his "Iberia" is that it's been corrupted into a tourist show everywhere. Still, it's something you wouldn't see on a normal Saturday night in Arlington. So how authentic was the dancing, in your friend's opinion? Was the flamenco guitar as good, say, as Manitas de Plata? And was the flamenco singing their usual semi-rythmic shouting? Sorry, my Spain will always be the North. Love that gaita, bodhran (borrowed from the Irish), and hurdy-gurdy music!