Flamenco cantaor Pitingo records
‘Soulería’
live for its release on CD and DVD
The show is on the bill November 30th
to December 9th, 2007 at the
Teatro Häagen-Dazs Calderón in Madrid
Flamenco-world.com, November 2007
Pitingo
knocks up a notch the fusion between flamenco and soul
which he laid out on his début album, ‘Pitingo
con Habichuelas’. The Huelva-born cantaor presents
the show ‘Soulería’ in which, accompanied
by Juan Camborio on guitar and the gospel group Black
Heritage Singers of New Orleans, he does versions of songs
by international groups and soloists. The concert will
be recorded during the performances scheduled from November
30th to December 9th at the Teatro Häagen-Dazs Calderón
in Madrid for its subsequent release on CD and DVD.
Pitingo on 'Soulería'
‘Soulería’ is a show
in which Pitingo combines music, video-creation and contemporary
flamenco dancing. The repertoire which the Huelva-born
cantaor performs accompanied on toque by Juan Camborio
and on vocals by the gospel group Black Heritage Singers
of New Orleans includes songs by Bob Marley, Nirvana,
Ray Charles, The Police, Aretha Franklin and The Beatles,
among others.
The concert is split up into four blocks
with a total of eighteen songs. The first one is entitled
‘A veces no hacer nada es hacer algo’ (‘Sometimes
Doing Nothing Is Doing Something’), which mixes
cantes such as the trilla and fandangos with songs like
‘Roxanne’, ‘No Woman No Cry’ and
‘Yesterday’. ‘La pausa es una parte
del camino’ (‘The Break Is a Part of the Road’)
is the second block, consisting of a cante por granaína
and ‘Killing Me Softly’. It is followed by
‘Sólo vale la pena esperar lo inesperado’
(‘It’s Only Worthwhile to Expect the Unexpected’),
with five songs, among them, ‘Don’t Worry
Be Happy’ and ‘Gwendolyn’. Saved for
the end are ‘Respect’, ‘Let It Be’
and a flamenco grand finale.
During the performances scheduled from
November 30th to December 9th, 2007 at the Teatro Häagen-Dazs
Calderón in Madrid, the show is going to be recorded
for its subsequent release on CD and DVD by the record
company Universal.
