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…
The Nimes Flamenco Festival will be held from Monday 9 until Saturday 21 January 2012 at Nimes, France. This year’s artists include Tomatito, Jos?? de la Tomasa, El Capullo de Jerez, Israel Galv??n, In??s Bac??n accompanied by Antonio Moya, Mamzel…
The documentary film called El cante bueno duele ??? Homenaje a Mora??to was made by the Dutch director/cameraman Martijn van Beenen and Ernestina van de Noort, who is the director of the Flamenco Biennale Nederland. The documentary was produced f…
The Spanish wine producer, Freixenet, famous for its cava, have just released their annual Christmas feature; this year it is a 19-minute documentary called Baras Mart??nez: Detr??s de las Burbujas, featuring the flamenco dancer, Sara Baras and th…
Paco de Luc??a will be giving a concert at the Is Sanat Culture Center in Istanbul on Tuesday 29 November 2011. Needless to say it is SOLD OUT! Otherwise we might all consider getting a quick flight across to Istanbul. So if you are not lucky enou…
Leonard Cohen has been honoured with the Premio de las Letras in the Pr??ncipe de Asturias 2011 awards in Spain. During his moving acceptance speech he spoke with humility about the art of creating poetry and of how, only after reading the poetry …
The Minister of Culture for the Junta de Andaluc??a, Paulino Plata, has announced that 16 November will be celebrated as the D??a del Flamenco, each year in Andalucia, Spain. That date was chosen as it was the 16 November 2010 when UNESCO added Fl…
This week three concerts have been organised in hommage to the flamenco guitarist Manuel Moreno Junquera ???Mora??to Chico???, who died in August this year. The first will be held on Friday 18 November 2011 in Jerez de la Frontera, followed by two…
The first Congresso Internacional de Flamenco was held at the Santa Clara convent in the barrio de Santa Cruz in Seville from 10???12 November 2011. This three-day conference was organised by the Ministry of Culture of the Junta de Andalucia in co…
The nominations for the 2011 Latin Grammy Awards in the category of Best Flamenco Album were: Las Peque??as Cosas Josemi Carmona (Universal Music Spain, S.L.) Piano Ib??rico Chano Dom??nguez (Blue Note/EMI Music Spain) 10 A??os ??? Corriente Vital…
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