Grandes cantaores del flamenco - Porrinas de Badajoz

Description

Porrinas recorded all of his cantes with his unique signature; a voice smothered by peculiar bass tones making it hard to be imitated. Whoever has heard him has been able to appreciate a great cantaor who is unbeatable in his art and who, knowing how cante should be done, found the traits that would make a difference in the genre which is why he would eventually become known as an unorthodox cantaor. Porrinas is mostly known because of the fandangos, a genere of which he was king in his day. It was a genre which he sang standing up with no microphone to prove his gallant potential for he said: 'If I sit down my pants will get wrinkled. He had his own style for fandango cante and even in more rare cantes like jales and tangos. He was a distinguished Levante cantaor, which was rare considering he was Gypsy given that there are few Gypsy cantaores who can sing those styles well.