Compás clock

Well-known Spanish musicologist Faustino Núñez has recently posted some videos tying a visual of a compás clock to excerpts from well known recordings, illustrating the compás of specific palos.  If you're having trouble hearing the compás when you listen to flamenco, they are an interesting way to be able to follow along and know where the song is at in the rhythmic cycle.

In this post on his blog, El Afinador de Noticias, you can watch the clock as you listen to excerpts of alegrías, tanguillos and seguiriyas, beginning with Paco de Lucía's alegrías "La Barrosa".

If you understand Spanish, you might also check out his other website flamencopolis, a treasure trove of flamenco analysis.

De Palo en Palo - letras resource

I have just stumbled upon this incredible Italian resource for flamenco letras.

http://depaloenpalo.wordpress.com

Letras are divided by palo and region with multiple examples given in both text and audio. Even if you don't understand Italian, the information is clear with letras written in bold or italicized text and audio provided by youtube clips. Often a discography or links for further study are listed at the bottom of a palo's page.

A very in-depth look into cante flamenco. Ole!

(If you just attended Stephanie Pedraza's tangos cante workshop, there's a page all about Tangos de El Titi, including the videos she referenced of Miguel Poveda and Esperanza Fernandez - http://depaloenpalo.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/tangos-de-sevilla-tangos-de-el-titi-de-triana)

Letras website

Thanks to Flamenco Regina's new website, I have just come across an incredible website resource for letras.

http://www.bottegaflamenca.it

Under "per tutti" (for everyone) on the left hand side, there are two links:

"Repertorio Flamenco" - links to some pages already listed here on flamencoedmonton and, when you scroll down, it also lists letras grouped by melody. If you click on the name of each singer (in green) it will take you to the audio of the letra listed below it.

"Discografia Flamenca" - links to a list of CDs.  Click on the titles and you can open a word document with all of the letras.

Flamenco Music Encyclopedia with Audio Clips

Radiolé's stellar site "Flamenco de la A a la Z" is a treasure trove of information and audio clips for various palos and subforms.

Lorca works translated into English

www.poetryintranslation.com has an entire listing dedicated to Lorca's works translated into English. Including:

"Selected Poems, Lectures on The Duende, Deep Song, and Lullabies,
his plays Blood Wedding, Yerma, The House of Bernarda Alba, and Doña Rosita the Spinster and the Language of Flowers, his Impressions of Granada of 1918, and Holy Week in Granada of 1936."

link to the Lorca page here

Quote of the day - flamenco style

Looking for another flamenco fix? I just came across this lovely site:

http://flamencoquoteoftheday.blogspot.com

featuring...a flamenco quote of the day! It seems a new one is posted faithfully every day. Many posts are letras but I have also seen some colloquial sayings, excerpts from books and interview responses too.

E-molina.com

Molina Moda Flamenca is a Seville based company and a great source for flamenco shoes, dancewear and accessories. If you happen to travel to Seville, they have a centrally located store at Calle Sierpes, nº 11. Can't make it to Seville? Their on-line store has an incredible selection including this new selection of affordable shoes for students.

You can also enter your email in the section "Receive our Bargain and Discount Information" on the home page to receive email updates on their newest items and sales.

I have personally ordered from them online before and found the process easy and the quality excellent.

Flamencocompas.nl

Flamencocompas.nl is a website created by Eugene Tjoa featuring a compás clock. There are a variety of palos you can listen to while the clock shows where the song is at in the compás . For convenience there are controls for the sound, including the ability to control the left and right channels which allows you to isolate guitar from palmas on some tracks.

Be sure to click on the info button for tips on how to use the site.

Deflamenco.com

In addition to the sites flamenco-world and esflamenco, which have already been discussed, deflamenco is a Spanish site with an on-line flamenco magazine, lists of resources, photographs, interviews, and flamenco products.

Onda Jerez Radio

In addition to providing internet access to their television programs, Onda Jerez provides radio broadcasts as well.

The guide to radio programming on their site can be found here. You can access the real-time radio broadcast on any page of the website by clicking on the "Radio Emisión on-line" button on the left side. It doesn't appear to work with Mozilla but is not a problem with Explorer.

The series Los Caminos del Cante is an hour of flamenco music and discussion that is broadcast every weeknight from 9:00 - 10:00pm Edmonton time.

The program also has it's own website full of all sorts of goodies. From the página audivisual you can also listen to some of the past broadcasts and even download them for free.

UPDATE: The show is also on from 1:00 - 2:00pm. It appears it's not always on in the evening.

Tangos, Tientos, Bulerias - Structure

For an English-language introduction to Tangos, Tientos, & Bulerias structure (useful as well for por fiesta), visit Katerina Tomás' Flamenco Básico notes. The site also includes instructional materials for purchase.

Sevillanas - Structure

Buleria Chuck's site provides a guitar-based discussion of the Sevillanas song form. Also includes letras for thirteen Sevillanas songs.

David Palomar

For those of you that took the workshop with Paco Pena in 2006, there's a great interview with singer David Palomar here.

Didactica del Flamenco: Flamenco Education Resource

Didactica del Flamenco is an excellent website produced by the Junta de Andalucia Ministry of Education with Spanish-language flamenco curriculum materials. Includes units on major Flamenco forms including rhythms, history, and lyrics.

Flamenco-world.com

Flamenco-world.com is a well-established Spanish site with both Flamenco merchandise and Flamenco information. The What is Flamenco section includes Flamenco history, a Flamenco dictionary, an artists encyclopedia, articles, and guides. The site also includes a new free audiovisual database of video clips filmed at Flamenco festivals.

Esflamenco.com

Esflamenco.com has a huge selection of music, DVDs, shoes, and other Flamenco paraphernalia. Esflamenco ships to Canada using DHL courier within about 5 working days. Note that additional duty charges may apply.

The Esflamenco.com site also has Flamenco information and a large collection of Flamenco music and dance videos viewable from the site. Videos range from contemporary music videos to historical clips.

Letras for Cante

The following is a selection of sites with Flamenco song verses.

La Bottega Musicale del Flamenco. Scroll down on the left-hand bar and click on "Discografia flamenca" at the bottom for a list of albums and lyrics. Has many recent albums as well as classics.

Flamencoletras. Huge selection of albums, including the Rito y Geografia del Cante and Puro y Jondo cante collections.

...letras.... Letras from Remedios Amaya, Jose Merce, La Macanita, Nina Pastori and more...

More letras from www.flamenco-letras.de

Que de Letras. Lots of advertising but has letras for some contemporary Flamenco albums not found on other sites.

And not least, the brilliant site Letras + Cante with letras and video clips compiled by Daniel Téllez.

"Telematic" Flamenco Guide with Audio

Interested in learning more about Flamenco in general? The Telematic Flamenco Guide produced by Tourismo Andaluz in collaboration with the Biennial Flamenco Exhibition is a good starting point for information about Flamenco history and forms (palos). The site includes audio samples and descriptions of many common and less-common Flamenco forms. In addition to this site, sites such as Flamenco.ca offer a range of listings related to flamenco.

Flamenco Beat Radio Station

Flamenco Beat is an excellent internet radio station run by Vancouver-based Flamenco singer and aficionado Pirouz Ebadypour. Music ranges from traditional puro Flamenco to contemporary Spanish Flamenco. Flamenco Beat is affiliated with Flamenco.ca, a Canadian site that provides information about local events around Canada and more. Look for both of these links in the permanent "Links" section on this site.

Onda Jerez Television

Onda Jerez provides a live internet broadcast direct from the town of Jerez de la Frontera in southern Spain. Aside from Spanish soap operas, programming also includes some Flamenco shows and coverage of special events and festivals in Jerez. Check out the Guia TV/TV Guide to find the Flamenco show "A Compas".