Arte Flamenco Porrina De Badajoz : Cante Extremeño (1996)

"The dandy of Flamenco has a name: Porrina de Badajoz, the greatest Gitano flamenco singer to have come from the region of Extremadura. An exuberant musician with a big personality. You could say that he came, he sang, he amazed. The capital was and still is the decisive filter for any artistic breakthrough. Anyone who sought success in the flamenco world had to rely on a positive critique from Madrid, and Porrina passed this test with flying colours. He was like a breath of fresh air, who gave flamenco aficionados styles that from that point on had a name of their own: cantes canasteros, jaleos, fandangos and tangos, all interpreted with cadences that differed from anything that had been heard previously. These sounds that now belong to the flamenco canon were all established by the Gitano from Extremadura, who viewed himself as an ambassador for the younger generation of cantaores from his home region." (RomArchive)

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