The sentence was announced by the High Court of Justice of Andalusía press office on Dec. 17, Spanish newspapers report. By Sigal Ratner-Arias Deputy Editor, Billboard Español The Spanish flamenco ...

Bebo Valdés in 2003. By “legendary” I mean patriarch of the Valdés piano clan (with Chucho and Chuchito) as well as his regular employ as music director and pianist of the swank, pre-Castro Havana ...

Flamenco is the historic folk music of the Andalusia region in southern Spain. It is known for its use of the guitar, cajón, castanets, and clapping. Its singing, el cante, is evocative, heartfelt, ...

In his notes that accompany Lágrimas Negras, Angel González admits that the recording in question is unusual. He does not exaggerate. This newly released collection features two outstanding exponents ...

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Flamenco has been commercialised for years, and the charismatic singer Diego el Cigala now heightens the odds by aiming to fuse Spanish flamenco with the equally gritty and powerful South American ...

Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar was born in Madrid in December of 1968. The flamenco singer, Diego, el Cigala, is one of the most praised heirs of Camarón de la Isla in the cante flamenco, and it was ...

"Tango and flamenco deal with the same thing, with little human tragedies that happen in the night", says Diego El Cigala. The Spanish singer brilliantly proves his point, 'live' in Buenos Aires.