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| | Various Flamenco: Cante Minero y de Levante / cdRoots |
 | | Songs from the Levant (the east) is how artists and aficionados denominate the collection of styles which come from the geographical area known as the Levant. |
 | | The granaína, media granaína and fandangos from Granada; the malagueñas, rondeñas, javeras, verdiales and fandangos from Málaga; the tarantas, tarantos and fandangos from Almería; and the cartageneras, tarantas, mineras, fandango minero, levantica and murciana from Murcia. |
 | | Within these styles is a group also known as cante minero, miner’s songs, or cante of the mines because of its connection with mining populations or areas, where these primitive styles where first sung, before professional artists took them up. |
| www.cdroots.com /gal-minero.html (343 words) |
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