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It is in 12 beats and feels like it starts on 12. The guajira is a prime example of so-called cantes de ida y vuelta. [2] [3] The flamenco guajira is the adaptation to Melos flamenco of the Cuban point, the peasant point, a genre that brings together a series of songs called Guajiros that are grown in the rural areas of the island of Cuba. [3]
Guajira [ɡwaˈxi.ɾa] is a music genre derived from the punto cubano.According to some specialists, [1] the punto cubano was known in Spain since the 18th century, where it was called "punto de La Habana", and by the second half of the 19th century it was adopted by the incipient Spanish Flamenco style, which included it within its "palos" with the name of guajira. [2]
Puchito Records was Cuba's second independent record label. It was founded in 1954 during the mambo and cha-cha-chá explosion of the 1950s. Many of its recordings, produced by its founder Jesús Gorís (1921–2006), became instant hits.
Son Con Guaguancó is a studio album recorded by Celia Cruz and released on the Tico Records label in 1966 (SLP-1143). It was Cruz's first major release as a solo artist in the United States without the Sonora Matancera.
The Sugar Mix Album is the second remix album by Spanish duo Azúcar Moreno, released on CBS-Epic in late 1990.. Following the duo's international breakthrough in 1990 with the Eurovision Song Contest entry "Bandido" and the album with the same title they released their second remix collection including the 12" versions of the singles "A Caballo", "Bandido", "Oye Como Va" / "Guajira" and "Ven ...
Julio Brito [1] [2] was a Cuban musician, composer, orchestra conductor and singer. He achieved great popularity both in his native Cuba and internationally, thanks to compositions such as the guajira "El amor de mi bohío" or the world famous bolero "Mira que eres linda", interpreted by numerous artists around the world, even today.
Punto guajiro or punto cubano – or simply punto – is a sung genre of Cuban music, a poetic art with music.It became popular in the western and central regions of Cuba in the 17th century, [1] and consolidated as a genre in the 18th century. [2]
Dos guitarras flamencas en stereo (Two Flamenco Guitars in Stereo) is the first of three collaborative albums between Paco de Lucía & Ricardo Modrego. The two had met while working for José Greco, a talent agent and flamenco dancer, and had composed most of the pieces while touring around the world with him. When they finally returned to ...