Cantes Malditos – Pedro de Dios & Antonio Fernadez (ESP)
Global Music
Blues
Szervezés:
The tradition of flamenco, its dark branches, plus noise, echoes and feedback, slide guitars, songs about death and loss, all in one show.
Guitarist Pedro de Dios had often flirted with the sound world of flamenco before, on the records of his excellent blues band, Guadalupe Plata. Fate, however, arranged things so that he was given the opportunity to immerse himself even more deeply in this musical world. The singer from Granada, Antonio Fernández, was in the middle of recording his new album when his guitarist unexpectedly dropped out of the studio work. At that point their producer, José Sánchez, called one of his neighbours, Pedro de Dios, to step in as a replacement. At first Pedro approached the task with great respect and caution, but in the end he accepted the challenge. During this improvised collaboration, the chemistry between them was instant, and they both came to the same realisation: they had to make a joint album that would merge their musical worlds. Paying tribute to classical flamenco figures such as La Niña de los Peines, they drew inspiration from such dark flamenco forms as seguiriya, zambra, toná, soleá and petenera. This is how Cantes Malditos was born, this special and highly atmospheric album — Nacho Serrano, ABC.
We are witnessing a truly exceptional musical encounter. Here the petenera enters into wedlock with the deep-voiced delta blues and its electric guitars. The zambra dances together with the lightning of storms. Tradition and noise, echoes and feedback, slide guitars, songs about death and loss, seguiriya and soleá dressed up in a western atmosphere.
The vocals are performed by Antonio Fernández from Granada, while the electric guitar is played by Pedro de Dios. Two musicians of elemental power who have distilled the experience of their long careers into this “cursed” recording. The album was made in 2023 in the town of Peligros, near Granada, with producer José Sánchez (“La Josefa”), and was released by Everlasting Records.
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Covered Open-air Stage concerts
The program will be held even in rainy weather, as the Open-air Stage is largely covered.
