Search - Various Artists :: En Un Ratito

Pure flamenco, unplugged

Alejandro Sosa | Atlanta, GA USA | 07/27/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"En Un Ratito is an intimate flamenco experience. This series of live recordings could just as easily have been made in someone's kitchen -- no audience, just guitarists, singers, and jaleos (participants who clap the rhythm and speak words of encouragement to the artists). The feeling of intimacy is all the more remarkable since the artists include greats like Potito, Remedios Amaya, Sorderita and Duquende.



The pace and groove of the whole album, including the bulerias, is relaxed and smooth. Even when it's soulful and mournful, it's somehow peaceful. Western ears unused to flamenco's mirco-tonal scale should still enjoy the beautiful expression of the singers and the interplay of the guitarists.



This album is what puro flamenco is all about."