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"Since we were little we have been breastfed flamenco in our parents' house. In your house, partying and after four drinks, that is how genuine flamenco comes out".
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Antonio Carmona. Voice
José Miguel Carmona. Guitar
Juan Carmona. Guitar
The leaders of what has been called New Flamenco, they brought a style that was somewhere between flamenco and pop salsa onto the musical scene that drew as much criticism as praise, but which has won over the young public and has given them millions of sales. In their records they have mixed flamenco with salsa, Brazilian music, reggae, funk, jazz and, in their latest work Dame la Mano, they have been so bold as to mix it with hip hop and house.
Ketama was formed in Madrid in the early eighties, taking its name from a well-known valley in Morocco. The Sorderas and Habichuelas come from two great gypsy flamenco families, and the initiative to set up the band came from the guitarists, José Soto, Sorderita, and Juan Carmona. They were joined by Ray Heredia, the son of the bailaor Josele. Their first work, Ketama, was released in 1985, although it was recorded two years earlier. It was the great gamble by the independent company that was the driving force behind the Jóvenes Flamencos record label, and in a few years it bore its fruits.
First Ray Heredia and later José Soto left the band, and it was joined by José Miguel Carmona, on guitar, and Antonio Carmona, as a lead singer. They earned international recognition with their third record, Songhai, a fusion of flamenco with Toumani Diabate's African kora, which was praised in reviews in The Times and The International Herald Tribune. Nonetheless, their ultimate success was De akí a Ketama, which was recorded live with the participation, among others, of Antonio Flores and Antonio Vega. It sold over a million copies, it spent a year in the Spanish hit parade, and won the Ondas award for Best Album (1995), Best Spanish Group (1996) and the Premio de la Música in the Best Song category in 1996 with the song No estamos lokos. In the same year they contributed to the film Alma Gitana with two songs. In 1998, the band won the Ondas award for the Best Album again, this time with Konfusión, which sold 300,000 copies. |
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20 pa' Ketama
 Ketama
1 CD
Año edición: 2004
6 Opinión de los clientes 
Ketama are in their birthday season, and the Carmonas could not have found a better way to celebrate it: 20 years, 20 songs. All of Ketama's greatest hits in a
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Price: US$ 19.27
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De akí a Ketama
Ketama
1 CD
Año edición: 1995
10 Opinión de los clientes
Recorded live, De akí a Ketama, propelled the band to fame in Spain. It counts with top-notch participants: Potito, Chonchi, Antonio Canales, Juañares, Antonio
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Price: US$ 12.48
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Dame la mano (CD + DVD Fiesta Flamenca)
Ketama
1 CD + 1 DVD
Año edición: 2002
5 Opinión de los clientes 
Once again without musical frontiers, this time Ketama tackle rap, hip-hop and house, which go alongside their usual salsa-flamenco-pop sound. Ballads represent
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Price: US$ 22.51
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Songhai
Ketama
1 CD
Año edición: 1988
1 Opinión de los clientes
The strings of the African kora join those of the Spanish guitar, the palm-clapping, the cajón (box-drum)… in this record born from the meeting between Ketama,
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Price: US$ 15.90
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Konfusión
Ketama
1 CD
Año edición: 1997
Konfusión is not a flamenco record, it is universal music made by persons from a flamenco environment. The title itself already hints at the passion that ketama
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Price: US$ 13.62
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Y es ke me han kambiao los tiempos
Ketama
1 CD
Año edición: 1990
This is their fourth record, which was born during the European tour. In it, they clearly opt for the fusion of salsa and rumba. Only one of the tracks on the r
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List price: US$ 16.93
Discount: 15%
Price: US$ 14.39
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Pa´ gente con Alma
Ketama
1 CD
Año edición: 1992
This record is a tribute to Ray Heredia, a founding member of the group, who died: the record's title ("Pa' gente con Alma", For people with Soul) is the title
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List price: US$ 15.90
Discount: 15%
Price: US$ 13.52
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Toma Ketama!
Ketama
1 CD
Año edición: 1999
In the words of Ketama, this record "talks of how happy and comfortable we are" (Antonio). Although it sounds more flamenco than Konfusión, their previous recor
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List price: US$ 14.76
Discount: 15%
Price: US$ 12.55
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El Arte de lo invisible
Ketama
1 CD
Año edición: 1993
This is one of the records by Ketama in which the band from Madrid sounds most traditional, in which it leaves flamenco fusion aside.
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Price: US$ 13.62
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Karma
Ketama
1 CD
Año edición: 1990
A compilation record that features the works that were published between 1988 and 1990. It involves the participation of Ray Heredia (voice), Aurora (voice), To
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Price: US$ 18.18
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Canciones hondas
Ketama
1 CD
Año edición: 1991
The band's first compilation record. It includes pieces from the period when it was still made up by its founding members: José Soto, Sorderita, as a singer and
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Price: US$ 20.46
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Nuevos Medios Colección
Ketama
1 CD
Año edición: 2002
To celebrate its twenty-year anniversary, the Nuevos Medios record label released a series of compilation records featuring its most important artists. Ketama i
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Price: US$ 15.90
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Sabor Ketama
Ketama
1 CD
Año edición: 1998
A compilation record featuring the best tracks by the band, performed alongside recognised Spanish artists from different musical genres, like Antonio Vega, the
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List price: US$ 13.96
Discount: 30%
Price: US$ 9.78
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Ketama
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