Pablo de Malaga
Posted on November 10, 2009 - Filed Under Travel
Any time spent in the southern part of Spain is time well spent, and a vacation in Andalusia is simply heavenly. Malaga is a fantastic place to get away from all of the usual distractions and get into a new city, with many splendid attractions that will carry you to a place of total relaxation. The birthplace of Picasso has many legendary qualities, and one can find here the same things that inspired him. There is a very rich history here, and the name Malaga goes back to the time of the Phoenicians, who named the town after the way they salted their fish. It is still a heady combination of quaint local culture, and a sensibility that is entirely cosmopolitan.
Because of its cosmopolitan nature, it is a splendid place for shopping, finding a great restaurant, as well as a fantastic hotel. Malaga, Spain is a magnet for visitors, from all over the world and from all walks of life, and there are plenty of choices that will suit your tastes and your budget. While you’re planning your trip here, you might want to pick up a copy of Enrique Morente’s excellent Pablo de Malaga.
Here, the famous flamenco vocalist from Granada continues to reinvent the tradition, even in spite of some of the criticism he has received from some of the more conservative flamenco artists. This album is a tribute, of course, to Malaga’s famous son, the painter Pablo Picasso, who is considered by many to be the penultimate modernist of modern art. The album was conceived with the help of Picasso scholar Rafael Inglada, who has the keys to some of the writings from Picasso that have previously been unavailable. The album was first performed in Guernica, the site of the tragedy where Picasso based one of the 20th century’s greatest works of art. This is an excellent way to get some of the rhythms here in your blood, mixing classical flamenco styles with contemporary and innovative twists.
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