It’s Friday night so that must mean it’s flamenco film night! The Spanish film maker Carlos Saura started making films about flamenco in the 1980s and he has made some wonderful films including one of Manuel de Falla’s El Amor Brujo, featuring the…
Goose bumps, goose bumps and more goose bumps!!! I am listening to Las Migas’s recording Reinas del Matute for the first time and it is wonderful. Las Migas are a band of four: singer S??lvia P??rez Cruz, guitarists Marta Robles and Isabelle Laude…
On 3 August 2010 the 50th edition of the Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas begins in La Uni??n, Murcia, Spain. This year’s Festival features artists such as Paco de Luc??a, Manolo Sanl??car, Enrique Morente, Miguel Poveda, Israel Galv?…
Miguel Poveda is a relatively young flamenco singer, however, he is already concerned about the legacy to be left for future generations and so has started an admirable scheme to help young artists in their careers. Miguel Poveda himself had to st…
Tomorrow marks the end of another Summer School of the Spanish Dance Society here in London. It is an annual event and one not to be missed. The Spanish Dance Society has a wonderful history and quite surprisingly it was established in South Afric…
Paco de Luc??a is on tour again and will be performing in London on Thursday 18 November 2010 at the Royal Festival Hall as part of the London Jazz Festival (12???21 November 2010). Paco de Luc??a has had a heavy touring schedule since the beginni…
It could probably only happen in Spain, but the Spanish television station Canal Sur has started a flamenco talent show ??? a flamenco version of X Factor or American Idol specifically for children. The programme first broadcast at the beginning o…
Every once in a while I feel the need to revisit old favourite recordings to see if I am still as excited about them with the passing of time and after having heard many more players who impress me. On my visit today to El Mundo Flamenco in centra…
Those who were not lucky enough to catch Juan Mart??n in his Barbican performance last year will be pleased to hear that he has released a double DVD of the this performance called Juan Mart??n and his Flamenco Dance Ensemble ??? Live in London at…
In March 2010 I received the sad news that the British flamenco guitarist Philip John Lee had died after a battle with cancer. He was a highly respected performer and began playing flamenco at a time when there were few non-Spanish, let alone non-…
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