Have you ever listened to flamenco? It’s hard to digest if one doesn’t fully comprehend the concept of “cante jonto”, that can be translated as “deep singing”. Flamenco is visceral music, it’s improvised and it is seldom valued outside of the spanish borders. Vicente Amigo comes to assist us on this; he’s an outstanding flamenco guitarist and he is helping in the sense that “Tierra” is not a straightforward flamenco album but rather a mix of flamenco and celtic music. It is recorded and produced in the UK. This album will give the listener a chance to approach the magical and enchanting world of flamenco. Its origin is clearly sprouting from the arabian culture, but what does celtic music have to do with it?
When listening to arabian and middle eastern music, there are many common traits with traditional scottish and irish music to be found: all have a strong emphasis on melody and rhythm, actually, among their features the melodic and rhythmic complexity is certainly predominant.
Vicente Amigo takes us for a journey through different - yet so similar - musical cultures, and the outcome is excellent!
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