He dedicated the performance to Miguel Camacho recently passed awayQuite a gesture. And he opened with the Malagueña song that he gave to his friend. Alberto Valdivia, rocking the airs of The Twin With gentleness, timing her performance well. She shone at times in the Ballad of Count OlinosDrawing the phrases in their place, always with good diction, even though he didn't come that night in full voice, something that did not prevent him at all from repeating a neat tuning throughout an expected repertoire, but of correct execution.
The prelude at the entrance to the canteLevantine guitarists Antonio Carrion He reaffirmed his dominance as the guitarist of flamenco singers, of all singers, because the Mairena native's cypress has always been to the left of the most celebrated. There must be a reason for that. After fifty years with the six strings, he has nothing left to prove. Even so, he continues to elicit cheers and applause with his falsettos. jondosy a wise and effective accompaniment, full of rhythm and knowledge. The Canana She moved with ease in the taranto and highlighted the passion she imbued in that the rogue tartan vendors in Cartagena, where he endured the tercios, prolonging the necessary time, and complained without artifice.
"Paradas distinguishes itself during its Flamenco Cultural Week by bringing the very best. And they had the good sense to include El Canana in their program this year, who, without being a media-savvy singer, cultivates a taste for orthodoxy and never disappoints."
Solemn and defiant, he strung together the soleá, beginning with Alcalá and shaping it with the appropriate variations to give it weight. He pressed on La AndondaHe played with the palate at El Mellizo, but didn't choose a bold ending that would fasten the palo with packaging where the one from PaquirriIt was understood with harmony and beauty in the swaying of the tientos tangos, now warmer, embellishing the melismas and placing the laments where they deserved. He then excelled in seguiriya, which he announced as the palo with which he would tie up the recital, complaining, searching and showing courage above all to the male of Juan Junquera To finish. But it was a wink and ended with bulerías, evoking cuplés and many other lyrics cantes from Utrera, especially those from Gaspar. A las palmasThey were there from the beginning María Carrión y Angel Peña.
Paradas distinguishes itself during its Flamenco Cultural Week by bringing in the very best. And this year, they had the good sense to include El Canana in their program, who, while not a media darling, cultivates a taste for traditional flamenco and never disappoints, as he did this time, much to the delight of true aficionados.
Credits
recital of cante from El Canana
XXXVI Flamenco Activities Cultural Week of Paradas
The Comarcal, headquarters of the Peña Flamenca Miguel Vargas, Paradas, Seville
April 14th 2026
CanteThe Canana
Guitar: Antonio Carrion
PalmasMaría Carrión and Ángel Peña
