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Author Archives: International Classical Guitar
Centro Andaluz de Flamenco in Jerez
The Centro Andaluz de Flamenco is in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. For those who are not lucky enough to visit, there is a lot of information available on the Centro Andaluz de Flamenco website. They have extensive archives. The format of the recor…
Habichuela en Rama
As I work on my Pepe Habichuela interview, it is of course essential to pull out his recordings and listen. What a luxury job! I was listening to Habichuela en Rama (Nuevos Medios NM 15 73-03). His playing is so uncomplicated, so unpretentious and…
Flamenco Film Night – El Amor Brujo
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…
Las Migas CD has arrived!
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 Silvia Perez Cruz, guitarists Marta Robles and Isabelle Laude…
50th Festival del Cante de las Minas
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?…
Flamenco cantaores – Poveda’s legacy
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…
Spanish Dance Society
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…
La Guitarra Flamenca – Paco de Lucía on tour
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…
Flamenco on television – Mi primer olé
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…
My Flamenco Diary 