From the heart’s depths

Pinning an emotion to music is not always easy. Although most styles are fairly clear – happy, joyful, sad, or whatever – a few, such as flamenco, can at times express emotions somewhat harder to define. In the rondeña there’s – how can I put it? – a kind of peace, melancholy, power, mystery, beauty – and, at moments, heartbreak. Regardless how rough and raw the music may be, as in this small offering, some of those elements I hope may be found. To give it more context, it was partly prompted by what I had been seeing of events around the world. May it speak for itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKwtoFDaKUo