
Jesse Cook is, along with Otmar Liebert, one of the two icons of Nuevo Flamenco music, a hybrid style of flamenco which he has expanded to embrace world music elements and electronics.
Ottmar Liebert releases collaboration with Iraqi oud player Rahim Alhaj Middle Eastern influences are already present in the flamenco music that is at the core of Ottmar Liebert‘s sound. He explores those themes even more thoroughly on Under the Rose, a collaboration with Iraqi oud player Rahim Alhaj. It’s more than just duets. Liebert brings…
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20080730.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSNouveau Flamenco creator goes wide-screen on The Scent of Light (You can hear an audio version of this Echo Location with music.) Ottmar Liebert would be the last person to call his music straight-up flamenco. His rhythmic strumming interspersed with intricate finger picking and Spanish rhythms comes from that…