Rádio Tarifa - Temporal

Today's Cultural Corner... Spain. well, Tarifa!

"Radio Tarifa is a symbolic name and it really sums up the music of the group. Tarifa is the southernmost point of Spain. If you turn the dial of a radio there you can pick up sounds from North Africa, you hear the Arabic early morning call-to-prayer; from there you reach out into the whole of Mediterranean Europe, to the Middle East, and beyond to the Americas. And that’s us and our music—a meeting point between all the cultures that have passed through, and continue to come through, that part of Spain."  - Faín Dueñas

The traditional Flamenco song “Temporal” comes from Radio Tarifa’s 1998' album which explores the roots of flamenco with a cast of 14 musicians. Following a short introduction on percussion, double bass and Spanish guitar, the majestic contrast between Benjamín Escoriza’s passionate and earthy voice and an ethereal jazz-like solo on the bansuri elevates the song to soaring heights. And while the Indian transverse bamboo flute is not an instrument traditionally used in flamenco music, it nevertheless hints superbly at the Romani/Gypsy roots of the style and exemplifies Radio Tarifa’s experimental sound.