“Paco Pena”, I heard in just about everyone’s conversation as they spoke with a certain joy one experiences when anticipating something truly special. It is not often Flamenco icons make the journey to Los Angeles, California. Sophistication and Culture was in no short supply to receive Paco Pena at the prestigious Royce Hall of the [...]
Once a year a magical event draws Flamenco enthusiast from miles around for a beautiful Southern California summer night filled with smells of authentic Spanish cuisine and the sounds of a Flamenco dancers accompanied by Cante and powerful yet eloquent Flamenco guitar. Enthusiast, performers and media arrive to The Barclay in Irvine California for the [...]
Adam del Monte is offering a new flamenco guitar video lesson series for Tarantas on New Learning Vision. We here at Falseta.com decided to dive right into this lesson and provide some insight into its content in hopes of helping you find the very best in online flamenco guitar lessons.
So for those of you who [...]
Cabo Verde is a self described fusion of flamenco, funk, jazz and world music who recently contacted Falseta.com and submitted a CD for review. Based in North Carolina Cabo Verde has an impressive collection of tracks that keeps them busy at local venues.
The CD Falseta.com received contained six tracks that quickly went onto the old [...]
I just finished watching Ketama Herencia Flamenca a movie broadcast on TVE and it was AMAZING! Ketama Herencia Flamenca is a great documentary about the Habichuela family and explains so many details about the roots of the family in flamenco.
Tomatito released an album called Aguadulce in mid 2004 and three years later it has come across my desk. What a magnificent collection of orginal and inspiring music. Each composition is carefully detailed and no note is taken for granted.
Most of time when I listen to bulerias, tangos etc… I hear players who are [...]
Great Online Flamenco Lessons are hard to come by and usually you are left trying to learn from online tabs. Jason “El Rubio†McGuire is changing all of that with his new online Flamenco lesson service Flamenco-Lessons.com. You can finally have…
I have been listening a lot to “Mi Forma De Vivir” by Duquende lately particularly for its tangos. Overall “Mi Forma De Vivir” is a good and balanced album which makes it easy for most Flamenco fans to enjoy. The first track called “Tu camisita de flores” is an instant classic and a great track [...]
So I have caved into the iPod pressure and let me tell you its been great! I take my iPod everywhere and its already stuffed with tons of Audio Books and Flamenco Music. I have been busy contributing my dollars to iTunes and racking up songs here are 5 great albums on iTunes in no [...]
Falseta.com was generously invited to attend the yearly New World Flamenco Festival hosted by The Barclay in Irvine California to write about the performances and instructional classes for the 2006 season. One thing is for sure you better start planning on going next year as the talent consolidated in the span of a week was [...]
Have you had a chance to visit the new online Video Flamenco Courses at New Learning Vision taught by Adam del Monte? If not I suggest you do as they offer excellent material at a great price. Adam del Monte has launched an Online Video Instruction site that offers Flamenco Guitar lessons taught by none [...]
Who is Francisco Sanchez?
Born Francisco Sanchez son of Lucia, as a child growing in a neighborhood with many children named Fransico the adults in the neighborhood would place the mothers first name at the end of the childs first name to distinguish which Paco you were calling out to. This is how Francisco Sanchez became [...]
The Good:
Good live performances… Modern Flamenco style music…
The Bad:
General sound mix was a little off…
Overall Rating: 8
Noches de Flamenco 10 Noche de Fusion has a laid back coffee house feeling to it. You are given a front table view of the performances and it makes you wish that someone was bringing some [...]
The Good:
This album is about as perfect as Singer and Guitarist combo go and the songs are very well written.
The Bad:
This is the only complete album with Vicente Amigo and Jose Merce.
Overall Rating: 10
Take note as this album is as about close to perfect as it will get. The unmistakable timing of [...]
The Good:
Everything… Great concert footage and tons of extras. Its still in my DVD player. And gets our highest rating yet….
The Bad:
I didn’t get this DVD sooner.
Overall Rating: 9
For those who have not yet experienced Ojos de Brujo I cannot think of a better way than to watch this DVD, [...]