Archive: September 2024

Palos

20th Sep 2024

Alegrías: El Sol de Cádiz

The festive cantiña of the Atlantic coast

The same 12-beat structure as soleá, the same accent pattern — but in major key, brighter, and full of references to the Virgen del Pilar and the Ebro river. The reason: alegrías comes from a war.

#cádiz #12-beat #baile

By Carmen Ríos

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Palos

2nd Sep 2024

Soleá: La Madre del Cante

The mother of all flamenco singing

If flamenco has a foundational palo, it is the soleá — slow, dignified, twelve beats counted from one, and the structural template from which alegrías, bulerías and the cantiñas family all eventually grew.

#gitano #jondo #12-beat #sevilla #baile #cante

By Lola Vega

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