Manuel Agujetas
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Manuel de los Santos Pastor, also known as El Agujetas or el El Agujeta, (b. Rota, Spain
, 1939) is a Flamenco
singer.
Son of singer Agujetas el Viejo. Both father and son follow the school of Manuel Torre
, representative of the tradition of Jerez
, and father of singers Dolores Agujetas and Antonio Agujetas. He worked in his father's forge until he went to work in Madrid as a teenager. He took part in the recording of the Magna Antología del Cante, compiled by Blas Vega. He appeared singing a martinete
in Carlos Saura's film Flamenco
(1995) and in Dominique Abel's documentary Agujetas.Cantaor.
Rota, Spain
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, 1939) is a Flamenco
Flamenco
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singer.
Son of singer Agujetas el Viejo. Both father and son follow the school of Manuel Torre
Manuel Torre
Manuel Soto Loreto, known as Manuel Torre or Manuel Torres , was a Romani flamenco singer.- Beginning :...
, representative of the tradition of Jerez
Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera is a municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in southwestern Spain, situated midway between the sea and the mountains. , the city, the largest in the province, had 208,896 inhabitants; it is the fifth largest in Andalusia...
, and father of singers Dolores Agujetas and Antonio Agujetas. He worked in his father's forge until he went to work in Madrid as a teenager. He took part in the recording of the Magna Antología del Cante, compiled by Blas Vega. He appeared singing a martinete
Martinetes
Martinetes are a flamenco palo belonging to the group of the tonás or cantes a palo seco. As the rest of the songs in this group, it is sung with no accompaniment. In some dance shows for the stage, though, it is accompanied by percussion played with the compás of siguiriya...
in Carlos Saura's film Flamenco
Flamenco (1995 film)
Flamenco is a 1995 Spanish documentary film directed by Carlos Saura with camerawork by acclaimed cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. The film is entirely musical and dancing vignettes, composed and photographed on a sound stage.-Synopsis:...
(1995) and in Dominique Abel's documentary Agujetas.Cantaor.
Partial discography
- Viejo cante jondo (1972)
- Premio Manuel Torre de Canta Flamenco (1974)
- El color de la hierba (1978)
- Grandes Cantaores de flamenco: Agujetas (1986)
- En París (1990)
- El Querer no se puede ocultar (1998)
- En la soleá (1998)
- Agujetas cantaor (1999)
- 24 quilates (2002)
- El rey del cante gitano (2003)
- Archivo de flamenco: el Agujetas
Sources
- ÁLVAREZ CABALLERO, Ángel: La Discografía ideal del cante flamenco, Planeta, Barcelona, 1995. ISBN 84-08-01602-4
- GRIMALDOS, Alfredo: Historia social del flamenco, 2010.