Spanish folkmusic

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So I've decided to take up spanish again and just to get a feel for the language I need someone with a fairly decent knowledge about spanish music to give me some pointers as to what songs and artists that might interest an amateur minstrel like myself. Wether it's european spanish och latin spanish doesn't matter. Is there any spanish-speaking equivalence to Dylan or Cornelis Vreeswijk?

You could also suggest some generally well thought of prog-, rock- or ska-bands that executes the language with a natural effort.

Many thanks in advance!

Edited by Xanadu - December 12 2008 at 18:03

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Xanadu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 18 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 186	Topic: Spanish folkmusic Posted: December 12 2008 at 17:39
	So I've decided to take up spanish again and just to get a feel for the language I need someone with a fairly decent knowledge about spanish music to give me some pointers as to what songs and artists that might interest an amateur minstrel like myself. Wether it's european spanish och latin spanish doesn't matter. Is there any spanish-speaking equivalence to Dylan or Cornelis Vreeswijk? You could also suggest some generally well thought of prog-, rock- or ska-bands that executes the language with a natural effort. Many thanks in advance! Edited by Xanadu - December 12 2008 at 18:03
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NotAProghead Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Errors & Omissions Team Joined: October 22 2005 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 7942	Posted: December 12 2008 at 18:45
	As far as I can tell Violeta Parra and Victor Jara are true legends in Chile - both as singers-songwriters and great human beings. Excellent Chilean band LOS JAIVAS http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1014 has two albums based on the poetry of Pablo Neruda and Violeta Parra respectively. There is an interesting thread dedicated to Spanish prog: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=41724&KW= Because most of us are not Spanish-speakers, music is the main topic. But if you'll find something interesting it is not a big problem to check music (and of course lyrics) on YouTube or somewhere else. Edited by NotAProghead - December 12 2008 at 18:55
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BroSpence Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 05 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2614	Posted: December 15 2008 at 15:05
	You could always listen to the awesome power of Camaron de la Isla. Great flamenco and plenty of words to hear.

June Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 03 2008 Location: Montreal Status: Offline Points: 6521	Posted: December 15 2008 at 16:35
	If you like big, old-fashioned voices, you can't got wrong by looking into Mercedes Sosa's repertoire.