Cover of "Una guitarra en Granada"
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At 75, Juan Habichuela, a legend of flamenco guitar, received an important international award. His latest album, "Una Guitarra en Granada", has just been given a Latin Grammy for Best Flamenco Album 2008 at the award ceremony held on 13 November at the Toyota Center in Houston (Texas). The other nominees have missed out on the award: Diego Amador, Camarón de la Isla, Esperanza Fernández, Lole Montoya, Concha Buika, Chambao and Javier Limón.
Over the last 50 years the wise guitar player Juan Habichuela has accompanied all the greats of flamenco. A long prestigious career that has been recognised internationally with a Latin Grammy for "Una Guitarra en Granada". Eight tracks that have a nuance of goodbye. "I am very fond of this album, I think it is the last thing I am going to do in my life", confessed the patriarch of the Habichuela clan to esflamenco.com at the promotional interview.
The award winning work by Tío Juan features the collaboration of great vocalists like José Menese, Chano Lobato, Potito or Rancapino. With a mix of tracks recorded some time ago but that had not been released and some new compositions.
Track by track:"Una guitarra en Granada"
Juan Habichuela
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 Las cuatro columnas
This is a soleá, a flamenco classic. It is a classic base that all singers should sing. When you do a concert the first thing you have to sing is a soleá. At the beginning, in the middle or at the end, you can't leave the stage without doing a soleá. This one is sung by José Menese.
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Válgame Dios
This one is by Potito. Its a mining song. It's what the miners used to sing when they were working. That's where it's from. It's a marvel.
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Las cortinitas de mi alcoba
These are some classic tientos. The tientos-tangos were sung a lot in my homeland, in Granada. They are like slow tangos, paused. It's very difficult to sing and play. But they are very beautiful, I love them.
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Por la calle abajo
These are bulerías. This one is sung by Chano Lobato, who does it very well. It's a bulería from Cádiz, very good, lots of rhythm. Chano is incredible. He fights with the rhythm and it comes
out exactly right.
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Mira que eres bonita
This is a song form Cádiz too. They are alegrías. It's a rhythmic song that people from Cadiz do very well. It's sung by Chano, a master of this type of songs.
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Coge la senda
This is incredible. These are pure tangos from Granada. The type of tangos that my aunt Maria used to sing , these are sung by Marina Heredia, and she does them incredibly well. She has a beautiful voice. When we were recording, she left me with my mouth open when I heard her.
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Tarantos del tío Enrique
These are from the Unión mines. What the miners of the area used to sing when they were working. They are sung by Rancapino with his incredible sharp voice.
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Si te vas
They are some tangos composed by my son Juan, and he gave them to Mari Carmen to sing. They are normal tangos, a little sing-song.
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