Ginesa Ortega
Oscuria / Siento

Now both brilliant recordings by this Spanish singer are available in a 2 CD set, at a single CD price.

Before she began recording her own albums,Ginesa Ortega shut herself up in her listening room with over two hundred records.From that musical melting pot,she chose songs that could be “. ltered through . amenco.”Accompanied by Chicuelo,a flamenco guitarist (who is no stranger to the rest of the world ’s music), lutes,mandolins,percussion,cajon and palmas,Ortega ’s songs have a decidedly acoustic, live-music flavor. This set combines her two previous releases,Oscuriá 987016)and Síento (HMI 987011),in one specially-priced slimline package.

All the Gypsy things and kings out there have left the word "flamenco" in a state of confusion. The synths, the cheesy drama, the new age machinations the music has suffered make one loathe to listen to another "new" flamenco album. Siento is one you should listen to. It would be enough to tell you of Ortega's voice, a husky, dusky instrument, rich in tone and fueled by yearning. I could describe her performances here, full of color, conveying an abiding sense of history and a driving need to renew it. She is no traditional revivalist; she imbues her singing with an awareness of jazz, blues and pop, yet it never sounds like any one of them. I could also tell you of the musicians involved; the guitarist Chicuelo, a flamenco guitarist who is no stranger to the rest of the world's music, who is joined by flutes, mandolins, percussion, cajon and palmas to bring the voice of Ortega and her backing singers an acoustic sound that both displays and enhances the experience." - CF

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