Siguiriyas
Traditional
Compañerita mía
me dicen a mi
que si te quiero
yo digo que si
Here’s a letra I discovered here in La Poesía flamenca, Lírica en Andaluz.
De mi nadie hace caso
porque me ven sin dinero
encuerecito y descalzo
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I cannot remember where I first came across this letra, but I was moved by it and scribbled it down. I recently came across it going through my notes…
Here it is along with a recording of Manuel Torre singing it.
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Wow, ten years of letras, and today I’m posting a the first Garrotín!
I hope you enjoy this and Argentina’s rendition with José Quevedo on guitar.
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I’ve been swimming in bulerías as of late.
Virtually, right here in Portland. Between the bulerías classes I’ve been taking with Concha Jareño (LOVE), my bulerías classes and preparing for them, and listening to bulerías, this palo has been front and center, and I’ve been loving that.
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I have a treat for you today.
Antonio Reyes and Nono Reyes live from their Coronavirus quarantine.
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A couple of weeks ago I participated in a fun flamenco makeup tutorial sponsored by my friends at Espacio de Arte Seattle. It was a great excuse to gather, get made up, and learn something while observing shelter in place due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Are you ready for more bulerías?
Here’s a letra you can hear María Terremoto sing in the video that follows:
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Do you practice as much as you’d like to? What about simply showing up for class? How do you make time for flamenco in your life?
The following interview with Jackie Pasciak, flamenco dancer from Portland, Oregon, is packed full of gems and a must listen for students.
Jackie and I did this interview as we navigate shelter in place life during the height of the Coronavirus.
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Guitarists, I think you’re going to like this one.
Following the letra you’ll find a video that touches on how you can accompany something like this.
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“What keeps me in flamenco is my flamenco community. When I’m away from flamenco for awhile the people and the community and the sense of supporting each other…is what I really miss and what always brings me back.”
Learn about Julie’s flamenco journey in this interview where she shares everything from how she got started to how she finds time for it in busy life to what she finds most challenging about flamenco. She even shares some advice for her fellow flamenco learners…
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How did you find flamenco?
This is one of my favorite things to ask flamenco lovers.
I love learning people’s flamenco stories, don’t you?
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When you hear the word guajiras, who do you think of?
Any chance Concha Jareño comes to mind?
Below you’ll find a guajiras letra and a video that Concha put together from a series of guajiras tutorials she put out from her home studio during this Coronavirus Quarantine.
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Are you ready for some bulerías?
Check out this lighthearted letra and the video below full of bulerías for you to listen to and watch.
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Here’s video of Zorri that you’ll love and a letra por bulerías
Bulerías
Traditional
Entro y te veo
enaguas blancas y en zagalejo
por usted doy la vida
pa que te vengas a la vera mía
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You’re going to love everything about the following video of Esther Aranda dancing bulerías as Junquerita sings to her on our final day of class on the Flamenco Tour to Jerez.
First, here’s the letra he sings to her:
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Here are some word to welcome the coming of spring.
Bulerías
Tengo mi casa allí
llena de flores pa’ ti
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The other day I had a flamenco show, and I let my grey hairs be. It felt weird, like it was the wrong place to expose my work-in-progress hair. Mainly because it is very clearly only partially grown out.
Here I explain about how I did my performance makeup to distract myself from those multiple colors atop my head.
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Are you ready to be captivated?
Here’s a bulerías letra for you to enjoy and a video of Miguel Poveda and María Terremoto.