Savor Flamenco

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Savor Flamenco
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Studio album by Gipsy Kings
Released September 10, 2013
Genre Rumba catalana, World Music
Length38:52
Label Knitting Factory KFR1128-5
Producer Tonino Baliardo, Nicolás Reyes
Gipsy Kings chronology
Pasajero
(2006) Pasajero2006		Savor Flamenco
(2013)
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Savor Flamenco (a play on Sabor Flamenco, "Flamenco Flavor") is the thirteenth studio album by the rumba catalana group Gipsy Kings. It was released on September 10, 2013 by Knitting Factory. [2] [3] The album was one of two recipients of the 2014 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album. [4]

Gipsy Kings Spanish musical group

The Gipsy Kings are a group of flamenco, salsa and pop musicians from Arles and Montpellier in the south of France, who perform in Andalusian Spanish. Although group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos, Spanish gypsies who fled Catalonia during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. They are known for bringing Catalan rumba, a pop-oriented music distantly derived from traditional flamenco music, to worldwide audiences. The group originally called itself Los Reyes.

Knitting Factory music venue

The Knitting Factory is a nightclub that was opened in New York City and that featured eclectic music and entertainment. After opening in 1987, various other locations were opened in the United States.

The Grammy Award for Best World Music Album is an honor presented to recording artists for quality albums in the world music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Caramelo"3:32
2."Bye Bye (Ella Me Dice Vay)"3:33
3."Como L'agua"3:13
4."Tiempo Del Sol"3:38
5."Me Voy"3:48
6."Fairies Melody"3:51
7."Samba Samba"3:11
8."Corazón"3:29
9."Savor Flamenco (Tango Flamenco)"3:40
10."Sueño"3:40
11."Habla Contingo"3:13

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References

  1. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Gipsy Kings - Savor Flamenco". AllMusic.com . Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ The Gipsy Kings 25th Anniversary Shows Plus New Album 'Savor Flamenco' Out Sept 10th 2013
  3. ↑ Savor Flamenco
  4. ↑ "Awards by Gipsy Kings". allmusic . All Media Guide . Retrieved 12 January 2016.
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