Soleá
Te quise sin darme cuenta
y ahora que olvidarte quiero
como bien te camelo…
This was my very first performance with Ricardo, which wasn’t supposed to have happened.
It was March of 2010.
Ricardo López was coming to Portland to give workshops...
Below find another version of this letra interpreted by Platero de Alcalá.
Wow!
Me voy pa’l castillo
a ver si me echan las cartas,
Alegrías de Córdoba
Le regalé flores y flores
y me abrió su jardín
ya sé que estos amores
nunca tendrán fin
Rhythm,
You either have it or you don’t.
Can we please bust this myth right now?
Because rhythm can be learned.
How well do you understand the structure of bulerías?
Below you’ll find a priceless video from this year’s Fiesta de la Bulería in Jerez.
I’ll deconstruct a couple of the dances and let you do the rest.
Alegrías de Córdoba
La única que me quiere
es mi Carmela
Unas veces me da dolor
y otras me ahoga la pena
Need to get a flamenco look but don’t have a lot of time or the best set up?
Try this fifteen minute look
Listen to Samuel Serrano sing today’s letra live in the video below.
Alegrías
El cielo se me nubló
las calles se me oscurecieron…
You are going to LOVE today’s video of Chano Lobato.
It begins in the dressing room where he sings alegrías accompanied by his musicians. It then follows them out to the performance itself…
Watch and listen to Montse Cortés por alegrías in today’s video.
Here’s one of the letras she sings…
Alegrías de Córdoba
Me voy pa’ los callejones
a ver si me echan las cartas…
You will LOVE today’s clip of Luis Ortega singing alegrías de Córdoba on Tierra de Talento at just thirteen years of age!
And once again, seeing and hearing the judges reactions is almost as satisfying as watching and listening to this little guy sing.
Feel like dancing bulerías?
You can do so with the video below.
But first, here’s one of the letras you’ll hear:
Ready to watch the most elegant sevillanas you may ever see?
From Sevillanas de Triana
Cuando paso por el puente, Triana, contigo, vida mía
Cuando paso por el puente, Triana
Contigo vida mía, Triana, contigo vida mía
Con mirarte solamente, Triana, me muero de alegría
Ready to groove to bulerías?
You won’t be able to hold back from playing palmas along with this video of El Londro at the Centro Cultural Flamenco Don Antonio Chacón in Jerez…
Need a smile?
Read today’s letra…
Mirabrás
Tienes los dientes
como granitos
de arroz con leche