flamingo art of distinguished lineage, he who offered Pepe Beanhigh exponent of the Carmona saga, this Sunday in the avenue of the Cathedral, printing his virtuous imprint in the programming of Music Mercè. The guitarist from Granada relived his great nights before the Barcelona public with a tour of his various recordings, alone, surrounded by his own and expanding the picture to celebrate his complicity with Silvia Perez Cruz Y Xavier Hill.
Although the main festivals are prone to hubbub, silence was imposed on the street as soon as he rang his bare guitar, on the back of a filigree soleá, after greeting the audience by raising his arm ceremoniously. Only a spontaneous cry cut the wind: “come forward, we won’t see you!” someone demanded, annoyed with the half-moon in which the musicians arranged themselves, with Beanstalk in the background. scenery.
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The teacher took the floor to verify the “pleasure & rdquor; to be there and drop a “Visit Catalonia” before giving way to the cajon and Bandolero’s percussions in some vibrant alegrías. Atmosphere of admiration and respect for this musician who has taken flamenco to unprecedented limits. Here, supported by the powerful cante por tarantas of Rafita from Madrid, and by the family choirs of Saira and Luisi Carmona. And ready for the hypersensitive three-way dialogue with another label guitar, that of his son Josemi Carmona (historical member of Ketama), and the double bass of Javier Colina, steeped in jazz culture. “Two monsters, two heavyweights & rdquor ;, this is how Habichuela presented them.
And from there, to give way to “a great artist & rdquor ;, Silvia Perez Cruz. “The boss” Empordà took the lead to evoke Juanito Valderrama in ‘Mi ruiseñor’, getting entangled in the darkness of ‘Compañero’ (piece with excerpts from the ‘Elegy to Ramón Sijé’, by Miguel Hernándezwhich the guitarist recorded with Enrique Morente on the classic album ‘Despegando’) and let loose completely on the centenary couplet ‘La violetera’. Other paths for the flamenco of a Pepe Habichuela who continued to spread his spell at the cost of tangos and bulerías on this jonda night of La Mercè.