The Latin Grammy Awards are a week-long celebration by The Latin Recording Academy and include not only the 13th Latin Grammy Awards, but also the Lifetime Achievement Awards and Trustees Awards. On 14 November 2012 the flamenco guitarist Juan Car…
The flamenco guitarist Jos?? Luis Mont??n has just released his first solo recording on ECM Records. ? Daniel Vass, ECM Records On Solo Guitarra he is performing completely solo ??? without even the support of palmas or a caj??n. However, in the f…
Paco de Luc??a last performed in London at the London Jazz Festival of 2010. There were rumours surrounding that performance that it might have been his last, but he has been touring tirelessly throughout 2011 and 2012, so we can all breathe a sig…
The young flamenco guitarist David Carmona is descendent from a long line of gypsy performers in Granada. He started playing when he was 7 years old and made his first disc Tratante in 1997 at the age of 12, as a prizewinner in the Veo-Veo program…
Manuel Moreno Junquera, ???Mora??to Chico??? was one of the finest flamenco guitarists of his generation. Born in the barrio of Santiago in Jerez de la Frontera in 1955, he was the son of Juan Morao ‘Mora??to’ (Juan Moreno Jim??nez, 1935???2002) a…
The flamenco guitarist Tomatito, ???Jos?? Fern??ndez Torres???, performed ???Luz de gu??a (El Destello Eterno)??? at the Teatro Maestranza on Saturday 25 September 2010 during the 16th Bienal de Flamenco in Seville; his concert was in homage to th…
I have spoken about the flamenco guitarist Andr??s Batista in earlier blogs as a guitarist but here I want to focus more on his publications. Andr??s Batista published his first flamenco guitar method, the Metodo de Guitarra Flamenca (UME) in 1979…
UPDATE: Ca??izares plays with the Berlin Philharmonic The flamenco guitarist Juan Manuel Ca??izares will be performing the Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaqu??n Rodrigo with the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, at the Teatro Real in…
In last Friday’s film Los Tarantos I mentioned that Andr??s Batista was one of the guitarists who was accompanying Carmen Amaya as she danced. I thought I would share one of my favourite photographs of Andr??s Batista with you to help you identify…
The flamenco guitarist Tomatito recorded his first album Rosas del Amor in 1987. He has made so many excellent recordings since then but I do like to revisit early albums. The first track, Dedicado a Camar??n has full strings and was arranged and …
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