Though many people come for the fiery dancing, the true aficionado knows that flamenco is a marriage of cante (song), baile (dance) and toque (guitar playing). “It’s always a conversation,” says Jason ...
In 2017, Italian musician Luca Stricagnoli’s cover of the hit Gorillaz song “Feel Good Inc.” featuring his triple-neck guitar — an invention of his — went viral. The video of him executing the bass ...
Flamenco guitarist Manitas de Plata, who sold nearly 100 million records worldwide and broke boundaries for Gypsy musicians, has died in southern France. He was 93. De Plata died Wednesday in a ...
WHEN Denise Glaser, a reporter for French TV, went in 1965 to talk to Manitas de Plata, then the world’s most famous flamenco player, the interview was rather strange. She knew that he found words ...
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'PACO EL LOBO' is a powerful Gypsy flamenco singer born in an unusual place - Paris - in 1953. At the age of 16 he went to Spain to discover the music that resonated with him and studied with some of ...
It’s not easy following in the footsteps of a legend. But Lulo Reinhardt has carved out a melodious path of his own, as an internationally acclaimed guitarist. He is the great-nephew of gypsy jazz ...
Spanish guitar icon Paco de Lucia, whose fusion of flamenco with jazz and classical created a stunning new hybrid, died Tuesday evening near Cancun, Mexico, where he lived. The cause was an apparent ...
A slender blonde went slinking through the crowd at Club Congress and sat at a small table at a corner of the stage, where a five-piece band was playing hot flamenco music spiked with jazz and rock ...
Emad Hamdy, the well-known guitarist in Egypt, will delight Cairo with a selection of Flamenco and Latin songs, and Ahram Online prepares you before you attend Guitarra. Palmas. Cajón. Compás. Arte.