Cante Flamenco – Estrella Morente Autorretrato
The flamenco singer Estrella Morente will be performing at Sadler’s Wells on Monday 18 March 2013, presenting her latest recording …
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Flamenco Latin Grammy Winner 2012 – Paco de Lucía
The 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held today on 15 November 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The Latin Grammy Nominations in the category of Best Flamenco Album were: Antonio Cort??s Cuando Quieras Paco de Luc??a En Vivo…
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…
Paco de Lucía at London Jazz Festival and beyond
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…
Latin Grammy Nominations 2012
The Latin Grammy Nominations in the category of: Best Flamenco AlbumAntonio Cort??s Cuando Quieras This is Antonio Cort??s???s second recording release: Cuando Quieras…, that is, Cuando Quieras, donde quieras, como quieras. Although is has been …
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…
Paco de Lucía – 2012 US Tour
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…
Flamenco percussion – cajón
The caj??n (box) is a relatively new addition to flamenco, although we have all become so accustomed to seeing it, one almost forgets. Paco de Luc??a, who discovered the caj??n in Peru, was the first to use it in his ensemble 30 years ago and the …
Flamenco Film Night – Camarón, la pelicula
It is almost 60 years since the flamenco singer Camar??n de la Isla was born (Jos?? Monje Cruz, 5 December 1950), so it seems fitting to talk about the film made about his life by Jaime Ch??varri called Camar??n, la pelicula. Camar??n was played b…
La Guitarra Flamenca – Juan Manuel Cañizares
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…
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