Fernando Soto’s homage to Lola Flores on Valentine’s Day
As a special Valentine’s Day treat the Flamenco singer and dancer, Fernando Soto from Jerez de la Frontera presents his …
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Latin Grammy Trustees Award – Juan Habichuela
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…
Flamenco Tablaos – Los Canasteros
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…
Enrique de Melchor – another great loss for flamenco!
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…
Flamenco on television
There have been a number of good series dedicated to flamenco on Spanish television. The Andalusian television station Canal Sur broadcast a weekly programme called Flamenko, which is still available for watching. The ten programmes date from Octo…
Flamenco Film Night – Embrujo
Embrujo (bewitched) is a black & white film dating from 1947. It wasn’t well received in its day by the critics, and I hope you will excuse my indulgence, but I have to say that I enjoy watching the flamenco singer Manolo Caracol from Seville with…
My Flamenco Diary 