The documentary film, El duende y misterio del flamenco, which made in 1952 by Edgar Neville, is an invaluable record of flamenco in the mid-twentieth century, as it was made by someone who understood and respected flamenco, and who aimed to prese…
The flamenco tablao, Los Canasteros, was opened by flamenco singer Manolo Caracol in 1963. Some of flamenco???s most famous artists performed there, such as Melchor de Marchena, Paco Cepero, not to mention, Manolo Caracol himself and more recently…
This morning the Mayor of San Fernando, Jos?? Loaiza, called the press to the house where the flamenco cantaor Camar??n de la Isla (Jos?? Monje Cruz) was born ??? on 5 December 1950 ??? in Calle del Carmen. The house, presently in ruins, will be b…
The annual Flamenco Festival 2012 begins soon at Sadler’s Wells in London from 7???19 February 2012. Olga Pericet: Photograph by Javier Fergo Here are the listings for London, New York, Washington DC, Boston and Miami: Flamenco Festival 2012 LONDO…
As I was writing about the death of Mora??to with deep sadness last August, at the back of my mind was that we were soon to have a double blow, as I had heard that the flamenco guitarist Enrique de Melchor was very ill. Here we are on 3 January 20…
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