Los Latin Grammy They crossed the American border for the first time to turn Seville into the epicenter of Latin music. The Exhibition and Congress Palace of the capital of Seville dressed up and brought together a cast of national and international artists who were recognized with different awards. Rosala, Shakira, Karol G, Rauw Alejandro, Ozuna, Mara Becerra or Featherweightamong many others, were the protagonists of this music festival, where there was also room for hints and dedications to third parties.
More than 500 kilometers away, The resistance received three flamenco legends: Jos Merc, La Hngara and Canijo de Jerez. The three guests visited David Broncano to celebrate International Flamenco Day with his audience and to highlight the difficulty that this genre manifests when composing songs. Flamenco is very difficult. To sing flamenco you have to be born. When I talk about flamenco I am not referring to flamenco, flamenco is flamenco, it is singing flamenco, there are no more stories, Merc assured.
I defend our music and our brand Spain
The host of the Movistar+ space took advantage of the guest’s criticism of the new generations of flamenco to break the ban on the Latin Grammys, held in the capital of this musical genre. The Latin Grammys are tonight, Broncano said, to which Merc responded: The Latin Grammy, what is that? Who gives those prizes?.
The singer from Jerez de la Frontera dedicated a kind of criticism against the concept of flamenco that was interpreted by the organization of the gala. I’m gonna tell you something… They are putting albums in the Latin Grammys that have nothing to do with flamenco as the best flamenco album so they can give it a Latin Grammy. What do I call that now? Do we call him Manolo or Mardaloro? he began by saying.
Merc criticized some of the songs that were nominated in the category for best flamenco album. There is a Latin Grammy for the best flamenco album and you listen to what is there and that is not flamenco. Where is the flamenco? Why are they always putting flamenco in all the pots? I defend our music and our brand Spain.
