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Duende is the Spanish word for it, which is hard to translate or explain.
ihath 2009
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It's from Japanese label Duende, but will set you back £80 a time.
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It's from Japanese label Duende, but will set you back £80 a time.
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Duende is the Spanish word for it, which is hard to translate or explain.
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Had dinner with them at Duende, which is the best sort of spanish sort of tapas joint I’ve yet eaten in although I’m hoping to get to Movida while on tour, so we’ll see.
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On "The New Crystal Silence," the first CD finds the piano-vibes duo performing new arrangements of such Corea compositions as "Duende" and "Brasilia" for the first time in an orchestral setting with the Sydney Symphony.
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Although sometimes criticized by a very orthodox section of the flamenco public (mainly because of his facet as a singer of copla andaluza, a style which purists consider spurious, but also because of the irregularity of his performances), he is usually considered as one of the singers that better represent 'Duende' (a typical flamenco term which basically means
WeLove-music xulio 2010
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Or a Thursday half-moon sighing at the sight of your two feet floating free of boundaries, Duende like shards of colored glass shattered along a winding path, catching bits of moonlight.
For my friend Anonymous Roberto C. Garcia 2011
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Duende has the power to open the contours of the mind to the black sounds and blue notes of longing.
Tamsin Smith: Sketches of Spain Tamsin Smith 2011
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In a lecture on "The Play and Theory of the Duende", the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca first linked the notion of this inexplicable, trembling force that moves through artists into their audiences "like a corkscrew."
Tamsin Smith: Sketches of Spain Tamsin Smith 2011
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