Chouteira performed Galician tradititonal music sucjh as pasodobles, muiñeiras and waltzes with new arrangements and featured the beautiful voice of Uxía Pedreira. The group incorporated…
Artist Profiles: Chouteira
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
Artist Profiles: Chicuelo
Juan Gómez “Chicuelo”(Little Kid) was born in Barcelona in 1968. He began studying the guitar as a boy in the flamenco peñas (clubs) of Barcelona.…
Artist Profiles: Chambao
Chambao, the platinum selling band from Malaga defined the technological frontier of Spain’s reinvention of Flamenco. Somewhere between the organic passion of gritty flamenco of…
Artist Profiles: Carmen Linares
Carmen Pacheco Rodríguez, better known as Carmen Linares, was born in 1951 in Linares, a small village in Jaen province, Spain. She has earned by…
Artist Profiles: Carles Benavent
Bass player, Carles Benavent, was born in the Pueblo Seco (Poble Sec) neighborhood in Barcelona, Spain. His earliest days playing music were in blues and…
Artist Profiles: Carlos Núñez
Thoruhgout his career playing the gaita (Galician bagpipe) Carlos Núñez , a charismatic piper from Spain’s northwestern coast, has collaborated frequently with the Chieftains, Ry…
Artist Profiles: Carlos Piñana
Carlos Piñana is the youngest of the Piñana saga, a family of deep flamenco tradition that started with the patriarch, his grandfather Antonio Piñana, a…
Artist Profiles: Camerata Meiga
Camerata Meiga started off as the natural development of a previous musical existence as Xeque Mate (Checkmate). They had recorded two albums under that name:…
Raga Jazz from Washington DC
On All Barriers Fall (Buzkhashi Rercords, 2018), Washington DC-based Broto Roy Quartet plays original melodic pieces and improvisation, where Indian music meets American jazz. The…
Artist Profiles: Camarón de la Isla
“You only had to listen to Camarón once to know that he was a genius” – Paco de Lucía. Camarón de la Isla was one…