Amor Bendito (Robert Allwood)

“Hackney’s answer to the Gypsy Kings” - Come Dine With Me

Videos:
1 Title: La Bien Pagá (complete)
Info: The Well Paid Woman, a Spanish copla
“Don’t complain about all you’ve given me, I had to pay for every kiss!” http://youtu.be/sUNpiLcbEGk

2 Title: María la Portuguesa
Info: A modern copla composed by Carlos Cano.
A Spanish fisherman strayed to the wrong side of the border river and was shot by a Portuguese border guard.
At the funeral a mysterious Portuguese woman appeared... http://youtu.be/55qFTX6BVMw

4 Title: Procuro Olvidarte
Info: I try to forget you... http://youtu.be/Vn2k162sofc

5 Title: El Día que Nací Yo
Info: The day I was born, what bad star guided me? http://youtu.be/LQBiEigbOPU

7 Title: Adio Querida
Info: Goodbye Darling, a Sephardi song http://youtu.be/6pTzzadP87Y

1 Title: Señora
Info: A Spanish copla made famous by Rocío Jurado http://youtu.be/7ZODMtJUde8

2 Title: Bravo (verse 2)
Info: a bolero composed by Luis Demetrio
“I hate you so much I despise myself for how much I hate you!”
Famous versions have included Alci Acosta, Moncho, Celia Cruz and Olga Guillot
http://youtu.be/oYI-i3ZZmHw

3 Title: Paloma Negra
Info: Black Dove, a Mexican ranchera written by Tomás Méndez.
Famous versions have been sung by Lola Beltrán, Lila Downs and Chavela Vargas
http://youtu.be/_IY7LJ-bDys

5 Title: Veinte Años (20 Years)
Info: A bolero made famous by the Buena Vista Social Club.
"You're tearing out part of my soul, without mercy" http://youtu.be/DHQij9jHmHk

6 Title: A Las Barricadas
Info: Spanish Civil War song.
With the Original Smirkins (Dickon on accordion & Cheesy on guitar) +various percussionists
http://youtu.be/Q3jFyiFw7TE

Gigs have included Come Dine With Me – Enfield as the entertainment, TChances, Evidently Chickentown, Hays Galleria, Poetry Cafe, the Palatine, Tribal Voices festival, Diceman George’s, The Klinker, the Black Dog Club, the Mindsweeper, Friern Barnet Community Library, Everest Base Camp talk, Southwark Arts Festival, Regent Studios, float23's Meltdown, the Torriano, Caledonian Road Festival, Bonnington Sundays, Billy Blake’s Birthday Bash, Paranoid Olympics, Klub Katz N Dogs