Posts by Carmen Ríos

Palos

4th Nov 2024

Tangos & Tientos: La Familia del 4 por 4

Flamenco's answer to the 4-beat

Not every flamenco palo lives in twelves. The tangos family — tangos flamencos, tientos, tanguillos, zambra — is firmly in 4/4, and arguably the most internationally accessible corner of the form.

#baile #sevilla #cante

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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

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Historia

10th Jul 2024

The Romani Roots of Flamenco

How a centuries-long migration ended in Andalusia

Flamenco is uniquely Andalusian, but the people most responsible for shaping it had been on the road for a thousand years before they arrived in Spain. A short history of the gitanos and their music.

#gitano #andalucía

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