First new song of 2023 #jessecook #rumba #flamenco #spanishguitar #felipecondeguitars | Jesse Cook

This week I reinterpreted the music for "Rain", a rumba flamenco ditty from my Frontiers album (2007). Sometimes I wish I had the clarity of hindsight when I originally recorded these songs. I probably would have kept the arrangement simpler. When frontiers came out there were a large number of CDs returned because people complained there was a "problem" with the sound. On the original version I had included an old scratchy record sound under the intro. It only last for a few seconds, but that w

I performed “Alone” on my beloved Conde guitar at the Rose Theatre in Brampton Ontario in May 2012 for my PBS special the following year. I bought this guitar in Madrid years ago from the luthier himself. It is the stradivarius of flamenco guitars. There is something about its tone that is like no other guitar I’ve played. There’s an x-factor. It’s like coffee or tobacco if they could make a sound. - I hope you enjoy this too. I am really looking forward to sharing the experience of concerts wit