Cante interviews (A-Z)

Agujetas, cantaor (September, 2002)
"Camarón is a dog singing"

Ana Salazar, singer and bailaora (October, 2007)
“I fight for flamenco my way”

Ana Salazar, singer and bailaora (October, 2003)
"Edith Piaf taught me to pour out my heart when I sing"

Antonio Agujetas (June, 2001)
"This is a recording for good, solid cante-lovers"

Antonio Chacón
"Montoya's guitar is me"

Antonio Malena, Cantaor. Interview
“You have to feel the music. I even get emotion al singing the carefree lyric of a bulería”

Antonio Nuñez El chocolate (2001)

Arcángel, cantaor (October, 2007)
“Unfortunately, there are still uncompromising people in flamenco”

Arcángel (December, 2005)
“I need to explore other paths; I get bored always singing the same thing”

Arcángel (2000)
I think that Camaron has had too big an influence on people. Listening to Camaron was a pleasure, but no everyone can be like him.

Arcángel (March, 2001)

"There are many people who are determined to reach a high note and they forget about everything else"

Argentina, cantaora (July, 2006)
“I wouldn’t like to go out on stage and hear people say I’m the spitting image of another cantaora”

Capullo de Jerez, cantaor (September, 2006)
“A lot of things are called flamenco now which really aren’t”

Capullo de Jerez, cantaor (November, 2005)
“Nobody can invent anything in flamenco because it's all been invented already”

Capullo de Jerez (January, 2001)
"I always say that singing is like your ID: a photocopy is worthless"

Carmen Carmona, singer (January, 2002)
"You have to draw from the source which is Camarón"

Carmen Grilo and José Valencia, cantaores (August, 2005)
“Flamenco evolves because each artist contributes his own personality”

Carmen Linares, cantaora. 10th Anniversary of ‘Antología. La mujer en el cante’ (June, 2007)
“The stagnation in flamenco is neither good nor genuine”

Carmen Linares (October, 2000)
"I started off singing at home. My dad played guitar, and we'd sing and play all the time."

Flamenco x 2. Carlos and Curro Piñana, guitarist and cantaor (July, 2007)
“We like researching flamenco and bringing out new ideas”

Chano Lobato, Matilde Coral and Juan Habichuela (September, 2003)
While they're with us

Chano Lobato (June, 2001)
He's 72 years old, but Chano laughs like a little kid when the talk is about flamenco.

Chano Lobato and Marina Heredia (May 2002)
"Duende? I don't know what that's supposed to mean"

David Palomar, cantaor (July, 2008)
‘Trimilenaria’, track-by-track

David Palomar, cantaor (July, 2007)
“I don’t know whether I like laughing more or singing”

Diego Clavel, cantaor. Interview (January, 2008)
“I ask a lot of people questions because that’s how you learn cante”

Diego el Cigala, cantaor (July, 2008)
“A bolero is sung with the same tragedy as a soleá”

Diego el Cigala, cantaor (September, 2005)
“I really needed this flamenco album”

Diego el Cigala, cantaor (January, 2002)
"In flamenco there's more and more desire to learn all the time, people are dying to create"

Diego el Cigala, cantaor (september, 2001)
"Camarón is a like an albatross around my neck"

Diego el Cigala (October, 2000)
"I offer a modern interpretation of flamenco that is respectful of tradition."

Dolores Agujeta (January, 2001)
"I do what I can, I don't know about cante or nothing."

Duquende, cantaor (October, 2005)
“People are starting to recognize me”

Duquende (July, 2000)
"I never thought I'd be a singer, I just liked to sing."

Pepe León ‘El Ecijano’, cantaor (November, 2006)
“Flamenco has to open up, but not from cante; from music”

El Lebrijano, cantaor (June, 2008)
“Many sing well, but... and what else?”

El Lebrijano, cantaor (april, 2005)
“Making an album these days really racks my brains”

El Lebrijano, (2001)
"Music is the successfull combining of sounds in time"

El Lebrijano (1999)
"It really got to me when García Marquez wrote: When Lebrijano sings, water gets wet."

El Pele and Vicente Amigo on 'Canto' (October, 2003)
"We both hurt on the same side"

El Torta, cantaor (November, 2007)
“Truth is missing in today’s flamenco”

El Torta, cantaor (August, 2004)
“Now I realize I have to take the responsibility and sing well”

Encarnación Marín, La Sallago, singer (February, 2002)
"I think that pure cante is never lost because there's always a select audience"

Encarna Anillo, cantaora (April,2008)
“In flamenco cante you can’t settle for the gift you’ve been given”

Encarnita Anillo, cantaora (August, 2006)
“Ever since I was able to think for myself I've been up on stage”

Enrique el Extremeño, cantaor (October, 2002)
"How do I learn so many shows? By rehearsing a lot"

Enrique Morente, cantaor (February, 2007)
“Cante doesn’t have maestros, it has disciples”

Enrique Morente, cantaor (June, 2006)
A desire and a quest for everything

Enrique Morente, cantaor (February, 2006)
“Cante has always been in a state of evolution”

Enrique Morente (September, 2000)
"Literal and dogmatic definitions tire me. I like the truth, the roots, I don't like those that are made by purists."

Esperanza Fernández, cantaora (November, 2007)
“Everybody knows flamenco is free and each person expresses himself the way he feels it”

Esperanza Fernández, singer (January, 2002)
"Jazz has given me a lot of wisdom for going out on stage"

Esperanza Fernández, cantaora (December, 2005)
“Flamenco is the longest career; you never stop learning”

Esperanza Fernández (February, 2001)
"Women now play an important role, not only in the music, but also in general."

Estrella Morente, cantaora (October, 2005)
“I'm still not even a trace of what I want to be”

Estrella Morente, cantaora (August, 2003)
"More than success, what matters to me is that my work is respected"

Estrella Morente (March, 2001)
"I can't fall back on the Morente name, I'm aware there are many people with high hopes, and plenty of others just waiting to pounce"

Fernando Terremoto (August, 2000)
"It's clear that we have to respect flamenco, but it's also true that we could do with a little lightening-up, a little joy. "

Fosforito (1999)
"I´ll tell you something else, the cante is above even any genius, if you can call anybody a genius in this thing."

Fosforito, cantaor (August, 2005)
“Chocolate was a terrific cantaor who also had what it takes to get Cante's Llave de Oro”

Ginesa Ortega, cantaora (January, 2006)
“I always get to the party early, get bored and leave. And when I'm gone, the party starts”

Ginesa Ortega, cantaora (January, 2003)
"I would like to reflect an image of freedom in flamenco cante"

Israel Paz, cantaor (December, 2006)
“Flamenco isn’t from anywhere”

Jesús Méndez, cantaor (August, 2006)
“When my family heard me sing, my father tore his shirt open”

Joaquín el Canastero (October, 2001)
"They've written black literature about Camarón"

José Menese (December, 2000)
"In flamenco everything is being lost except the shamelessness"

José Mercé, cantaor (November, 2004)
“I'm one of those people who likes to sing, not shout”

José Mercé, cantaor (November, 2002)
"If doing modern flamenco is a sin, I'm going to Hell"

José Parra, cantaor (January, 2004)
"In cante flamenco you have to outdo yourself and evolve, without ever losing the roots"

José Valencia and Carmen Grilo, cantaores (August, 2005)
“Flamenco evolves because each artist contributes his own personality”

Juan Villar (2001)
"I like soleá more than bulería"

La Macanita (2000)
"I've been singing since I was a little child. I couldn't understand a thing, but I was already singing"

La Niña de los Peines. Historic interview (July, 1935)
Singing's taking a change for the worst

La Susi, Arcángel and Diego Carrasco on 'Territorio Flamenco' (October, 2003)
"We're taking risks to open doors for flamenco"

La Susi (November, 2002)
"They used to call me the female Camarón, but I'm not, because Camarón was one of a kind"

La Tana, cantaora (April, 2005)
“I hope not to be a short-lived cantaora”

La Tobala, cantaora (April, 2008)
“Seeking personality in flamenco is not having it”

Lole, cantaora. Interview
“Since everything I sing is new, I can’t take notice of anybody”

Lole Montoya, cantaora (March, 2004)
"Lole and Manuel have made a kind of music that still isn't understood"

Luis el Zambo, cantaor (June, 2006)
“If Tío Borrico were alive to see what an artist’s paid right now, he’d knock his head against the wall”

Marina Heredia, cantaora. ‘La voz del agua’, track by track (March, 2007)
“When I’m singing I like to say something, to leave a message”

Marina Heredia, cantaora (July, 2005)
"I have to show things on this album I didn't show on the previous one"

Marina Heredia (2001)
"I like to think like the elders"

Marina Heredia (2001)
"Look, that stuff about gypsy or non-gypsy, it doesn't make any sense to me in this day and age"

Mayte Martín, flamenco cantaora. Interview
"The Labèque sisters didn't choose the most high-profile artist, nor the most flamenco-looking"

Mayte Martín (March, 2001)
"Flamenco isn't exclusive to any race, nor any place in particular"

Miguel Poveda, cantaor (November, 2006)
“I’m along the lines of brave artists”

Miguel Poveda (March, 2004)
"I find myself back to scratch because I feel more responsibility"

Miguel Poveda (2001)
"I write some verses, but then I don't like them so I don't sing them. I always prefer the ones written by others"

Miguel Poveda (1999)
"I like to do research, understand why things are a certain way. Then I can do my work with coherence and intelligence."

Niña Pastori, cantaora. (September, 2006)
“Fans in America know a lot about flamenco”

Niña Pastori, singer (April, 2002)
"Nobody's my boss, not at the record company, not anywhere. My boss is the audience"

Niño de Olivares (September, 2001)
"I just can't believe this is happening"

Paco del Pozo, cantaor (January, 2004)
"New musical directions are crucial to flamenco"

Pepa de Benito, Gaspar de Utrera and El Cuchara, cantaores. (August, 2005)
“Cante can't be learned”

Pepe de Lucía, singer (November, 2002)
"These days there are nice singers around, good singers, but like Paco says, they're all clones"

Pitingo, cantaor. ‘Soulería’, track by track (June, 2008)
“What should be frightening is not creating anything in flamenco cante”

Pitingo, cantaor (December, 2007)
“I’d rather be criticized the way Camarón and Enrique Morente were criticized”

Pitingo, Cantaor (July, 2006)
“I’d have loved to take the seguiriya off the album as a single”

Potito (May, 2006)
“I stole what I needed from Camarón”

Potito (1998)
"There are only two types of musicians and music: what you can relate to and what you can't. I like to work with whoever I like."

Rafael de Utrera, cantaor (February, 2004)
"Flamenco has to move with the times, it can't look over its shoulder constantly"

Rafael de Utrera (March, 2001)
"I can't understand those people who distinguish between great styles and small styles, or gypsy cante and non-gypsy cante"

Segundo Falcón, cantaor and director of the Centro Andaluz de Flamenco (May, 2002)
"If you don't know the foundations of flamenco you always tip the scales one way or the other, you'll never have the balance you can get from studying the roots"

Sonia Miranda, cantaora (April, 2006)
“What still catches my eye is flamenco’s capacity to excite”

Tomás de Perrate, cantaor (February, 2006)
“I'm going to copy, which is the best way to learn”

Vicente Soto Sordera, cantaor (December, 2004)
“I sing with thought”

Vicente Soto (1999)
"It's a great responsibility to carry on with a family singing tradition."

 

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