Ketama
Ketama were a Spanish musical group in the new flamenco tradition. Fusing flamenco with other musical forms (salsa, Brazilian music, reggae, funk, jazz), they created a style that lies somewhere between flamenco and pop salsa. Their music drew as much criticism as praise because purists did not like the change from traditional flamenco, but the group won over the young public. They continued to fuse other music in, and their 2002 album, Dame la Mano, added hip hop and house music.
History
Band formation
Ketama was formed in Madrid in the early eighties, taking its name from a well-known valley in Morocco. The initial line-up featured José Soto Sorderita (guitar), Juan Carmona (guitar) and Ray Heredia (vocals). Each of the three came from flamenco dynasties: the Heredias of Madrid, the Habichuelas of Granada and the Carmonas of Jerez.
Heredia left the band shortly afterwards, and was eventually replaced by Antonio Carmona (lead singer) and José Miguel Carmona (guitar). The trio briefly became a quartet, but this was only for a short time, as José Soto Sorderita would leave Ketama a few records later.
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ALBUMS
- 20 pa' Ketama: Grandes éxitos 1984-2004 released: 2004
- Dame La Mano released: 2002
- Toma Ketama! released: 1999
- Sabor Ketama released: 1998
- Konfusión released: 1998
- De akí a Ketama released: 1995
- Songhai 2 released: 1994
- El Arte De Lo Invisible released: 1993
- Pa gente con alma released: 1991
- Karma released: 1990
- ...Y Es ke me Han Kambiao los Tiempos released: 1990
- Songhai released: 1988
- La pipa de kif released: 1987
- Ketama released: 1985
20 pa' Ketama: Grandes éxitos 1984-2004
Released 2004- Corazón loko (Sea side version)
- Viviré
- No estamos lokos 2004
- Agustito 2004
- Alguna vez
- Miénteme
- El oasis de los dioses (feat. Khaled)
- Estatua de sal
- Se dejaba llevar por ti (feat. Antonio Vega)
- Vente pa' Madrid
- Leyenda viva
- Aquellas pequeñas cosas
- Pozo del deseo
- Puchero light
- De la isla a Las Antillas
- Mala
- Tú volverás (feat. Michel Camilo)
- Chupendi
- Corazón loko
Sabor Ketama
Released 1998- Tú me amas / Sabor locura
- Aquellas pequeñas cosas
- Vozes no deserto
- Vente pa Madrid
- Espíritu kañí
- Problema
- I Want to Break Free
- Pozo del deseo
- Se dejaba llevar por ti
- Pozo del deseo
- Se dejaba llevar por ti
- Tú volverás
- Oasis de los dioses
- La ola
- Michelle
- Efecto mariposa
- Fuera / Out There
- De repente
- Habichuela en rama
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by: KetamaHow can I forget
The longings of my heart
It's you I think of night and day
I know I couldn't touch you
I know I couldn't hold you
Though I wish I really could
just care for you
You are the reason
The seasons of my life
You're everything I wish and live for
Give me an answer
Show me the way
You're breaking me, leaving me in pain
You're the burning flame
In my heart and in my mind
In the silence of the night
I can hear you
My thoughts are all about you
Alive and true to me
But now I really have you
Only in my dreams
You are the reason
The seasons of my life
You're everything I wish and live for
Give me an answer
Show me the way
You're breaking me, leaving me in pain
Loving you changes everything
It's given me the strength
And it's all because of you...
You're the burning flame
In my heart and in my mind
In the silence of the night
I can hear you
I know I couldn't touch you
I know I couldn't hold you
Though I wish I really could
just care for you
You are the reason
The seasons of my life
You're everything I wish and live for
Give me an answer
Show me the way
You're breaking me, leaving me in pain
You're breaking me...
Leaving me in pain...