For Pedro and everyone else too ;-)

craigb
Note that he's coming to Portland in May.

I guess that's the answer to the question--where in the world is Carmen, San Diego?  
 
He/they sound good.  

craigb
Just to be clear, the video is of Jesse Cook who has nothing to do with Carmen except that both can do flamenco guitar.

Good, you saved me the time to listen.

Butt Butt Butt it's Flaminko

Would've sounded better in AM. Or would it?

You're thinking of "Pink Flaminko".

Or a drink special at The Crimson Crowbar.

bapu

craigb
Pink Flamenco would be a great name for a band that does flamenco versions of Pink Floyd songs, ya?

I prefer Pink Martini as a band name.
 
Too bad it's already taken.
 

All this reminds me of "certain" bars in the French Quarter that cater to a certain clientele of the male persuasion 
think M+M not Music Man either

good thoughts
 
good dreams
 
good night
 
good riddance??
 
good bacon
 
good toke
 

Playing flamingo? I've never played one or heard one play but I have heard they taste like chicken. Go figure considering what they eat.
 
Btw, Alice can play flamingo too:

I watched some of it this morning,  I even fast forwarded past the first song as suggested.  It looks very good.
 
Bare in mind though that I don't have any speakers at work and so I literally watched it...

I watched some of it this morning,  I even fast forwarded past the first song as suggested.  It looks very good.
 
Bare in mind though that I don't have any speakers at work and so I literally watched it...

bapu

craigb
Pink Flamenco would be a great name for a band that does flamenco versions of Pink Floyd songs, ya?

I prefer Pink Martini as a band name.
 
Too bad it's already taken.

And they are over rated, not very good, and the darlings of the Portland Symphony's attempt to get younger listeners to the classical music concerts. The number of folks at their concerts continues to dwindle, btw, so Pink Martini might
be an answer if they are in the pink ... but that could be considered rude, and only a rock thing, not a "music" thing!
 
I'll watch this tonight when I get home. At work, now.
 
BTW, I'm portuguese, not spanish, so appreciating our rival country's music is an oddity! But Portugal has been killing the arts with their socialism (and fascism before that!) for 75 years, so I'm left with saying the Spanish are more with it, than the bass ackwards Portuguese these days with their socialistic idealism.
 
In the late 70's the Spanish "progressive" scene took off like crazy with Azahar, Granada, and many other bands that were a combination of Supertramp, Yes and King Crimson, full of Spanish'ery. It was a crazy bunch of combinations, but one can never say that they could not play music, or had a desire to create something different and new. Carmen, was a bit earlier, but in the end, they were not Spanish ... they were from LA, but in many ways, the style was quite vivid and was something that DID, and still DOES, exist in Spain, but will never get any commercial credit or appreciation, because they are not in London, or NY, where the number of sales alone surpasses that within Spain!
 
And it is sad, that the most acreditation that some of these can get is a bunch of jokes, that sometimes, feel like they are mean'r than they are for fun. These cultures EXIST, and LIVE, and they PLAY music, too, but we think that we own rock'n'roll and that anyone else is not allowed the pleasure. Tell George Lucas that on a bar!

craigb
 
Instead of thinking about the music, try listening to it instead!

Word.

Hi,
The beginning is very European minded and is considered almost Eastern in approach. It's a kind of mix that is very common in Europe, but is not heard in America a whole lot. This is something that America really lacks, in cultural music, which is so easy to find in Europe everywhere. 
 
There is also, out of Macedonia, similar stuff, also done with keyboards and synthesizers, which is also strong and quite different. A bit more on the gypsy side of things, which became somewhat known as "Spanish" and is better known for the guitar playing than anything else, and its history is over a thousand years old.
 
The fact that the guy is Canadian is no big deal. It's pretty obvious what his inspiration is, and it ain't Canada, or Mexico! The Portuguese/Spanish mention was more about my past than you! However, there are times, when the cultural mixes and experiences, do not fly with many folks, and Americans are on occasion very smug about that, and thus, you will say skip the beginning, which in many ways is the nicest part of it that should have had some soft Spanish Guitar on it, but instead was just show ... because the star doesn't play slow!
 
That is the difference between the real good Spanish Guitar players and everyone else, and one of the reasons why the guy from Carmen is so good. He mixes it in very well, with rock music, something that most bands have YET to blend properly and correctly, so the initial cultural mix is negligible. This is a side of being European that you probably do not get, or understand, and is actually one of my problems ... I can flow to any of these countries and their music by snapping the fingers, and most people can't! Or as the idiot at the radio station in Santa Barbara once said ... it ain't rock'n'roll ... who gives a **** ... it's great music! Other than the guitarist from Carmen, the only other outstanding picker on Spanish Guitar was Andres Segovia. And he used to joke about guys that play fast, and the music went ... 
 
Very similar in this type of modern mix, is Alan Stivell, who has used jazz, rock, and everything else you can think of, in his albums. The "rock" one for American audiences is the album "Again" and I highly recommend it so you can hear an electric guitar do what a harp can't do, and show us that the song remains the same with a different instrument, and sounds extremely modern and good. But it's a mix that most folks don't like, because it doesn't sound like Ennya or some other over blown Celtic name and music that is more "image" than reality, while Alan is VERY REAL and very French and still angry over the genocide by the French courts years ago. And not afraid to sing it and say it! ("Before Landing").
 
May will be an interesting month for me. I'm planning on catching the Acid Mothers, and get some ear wax removed that night and also seeing this.