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L'armes Gitanes

xixe | Chicago, IL USA | 03/03/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Heart wrenching!soul slaying! this is the flamenco cd of the century...and probably into the next..Don't know what flamenco was like in the early 1900's, surely not this, but this is the one CD for me...love, happiness, soul, passion, guitar strumming like nobody's business!! voices that come from from beyond -I know I've heard them before, but not quite like this..I know these voices, I know them..."

Enchanting!

Chughtai | Dublin, Ireland | 10/14/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ricardo Baliardo, also known as Manitas de Plata, started to paly in early 60s and laid the foundation for Gipsy Kings, formed by the sons of José Reyes (his vocalist) and members
of the Baliardo family.
I need only three letters to describe Manitas guitar. WOW. This qualifies to become one's instant personal favorite.
This CD will introduce you to a hidden legend of gypsy guitar god, Manitas de Plata. First, one should NOT compare or expect the class of Paco de Lucia et al., why? the reason is the music itself, where Paco guitar is extremely fine Manitas on other hand is raw. Its more similar to gypsy guitar from Andalucía and the spanish gypsies from southern france."