Review: Paco Pena Fabulous Flamenco

I think this was the first flamenco LP I bought. I still absolutely love it. It's very traditional, which is what drew me to flamenco and still what drives my passion. There's perhaps a number of flamenco lovers who feel it is too predictable, or didn't move things forward. But I'd say it did simply by taking flamenco to a broader audience. And people still fill halls to see him: my mate emailed me from Boulder Colorado to say he'd got tickets to see him in a few weeks. he mixes passion with subtlety, craft with energy. Every track is a gem. Everything is beautifully played and well recorded (which is not necessarily true of flamenco from the 60s & early 70s). If you are looking for something to start your flamenco guitar collection this is as good as anything. 18 tracks of faultless, dramatic, evocative guitar playing. Buy it in the Amazon app to the left. Here's taster, the first track, the hypnotic Rondeñas.