Carola Zertuche is hardly the first artist to recognize the kinship of flamenco and African diaspora traditions such as blues, son, spirituals and jazz. But the incandescent dancer, choreographer and ...
Gypsy's journey: A flamenco singer. Photo: Andrea Pistoles/Getty Images It was a signature Andalusian winter night: clear, calm, with the cool friction of anticipation. A line of well-heeled young men ...
This Spanish singer’s debut, “Ultrabelleza,” experiments with a signature genre of her Andalusian homeland, creating an unexpected homage. By Carolina Abbott Galvão When the Spanish singer María José ...
Forget Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain and Chick Corea's Spain. There's a whole other world of so-called "flamenco jazz" out there that lives unrecorded, often inside quaint, tiny rooms (in caves, ...
Seville"s soul beat beneath my feet. Not literally, of course, but the rhythmic tapping that echoed through the Flamenco Dance Museum was enough to send shivers. This wasn"t just any performance venue ...
The Flamenco Festival, now a biennial event, was supposed to take a breather this year. Nonetheless, the 19-member Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía, directed by Rubén Olmo and headlined by guests Pastora ...
Ana Morales, a dancer who also represents the Flamenco Association, said anything that provided legal protection for this part of the nation’s cultural heritage was welcome. Spain has passed its first ...
For Paco Pena, attaining virtuoso status in the art of Flamenco guitar was “inevitable”. He was born, after all, in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia. “Flamenco is a music which tells the story ...
Luis Fernandez"s workshop in Seville"s Old City is buzzing with customers who have come to try on his dazzling array of flamenco dresses, their vibrant fabrics replete with voluptuous ruffles and ...
Writer and BBC London presenter Robert Elms travels to Andalusia to explore his passion for flamenco music. Show more Flamenco music has been a long-held passion of Robert Elms, BBC London presenter ...
Luis Fernandez's workshop in Seville's Old City is buzzing with customers who have come to try on his dazzling array of flamenco dresses, their vibrant fabrics replete with voluptuous ruffles and ...