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-…
A full week has passed now ??? my first week of blogging! At first the thing that worried me was simply the idea of blogging and that worry was soon superseded by the reminder of the effect that flamenco has on me. I know that I am not the only on…
After I finished writing yesterday???s blog, I worried that I might have given the impression that I wasn???t so keen on the singing of Carmen Linares and Camar??n de la Isla. I do actually love so much of their work, but I was focused on interpre…
I am still thinking about the Las Migas recording that is about to arrive and having dug out my Estrella Morente recording yesterday to hear her version of Los Cuatro Muleros again, I am moving onto another track on the Las Migas CD that caught my…
I have received news from one of my favourite recording companies, Nuevos Medios, that they have released an album by Las Migas called Reinas del Matute. Continuing on yesterday???s discussion, to my surprise they have two flamenco guitarists in t…
If I were to ask you to name some flamenco guitarists who were women, I imagine you would struggle as hard as I do. I do know of Marija Temo but other than her, I can’t remember seeing or hearing of any others. Eulalia Pablo Lozano probably felt t…
Last week I went to see Paco Pe??a???s latest show Flamenco sin Fronteras at Sadler???s Wells, London, which had its first run there in September 2009, with its second season from 29 June to 3 July 2010. I have always admired Paco Pe??a as a fine …
On Monday 5 July 2010 the flamenco guitarist Pepe Habichuela performed with the jazz bass player Dave Holland at the Barbican, London. Also in their quintet was the flamenco guitarist Josemi Carmona ??? the son of Pepe and member of the now disban…
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