Fernando Carrasco Vargas, better known as Fernando De La Morena, is the son of La Morena and brother of Curro de La Morena, both cantaores…
Artist Profiles: Fernando De La Morena
Tag: Flamenco
Artist Profiles: Fernando Terremoto
Fernando Fernández Pantoja, better known as “Fernando Terremoto” was born in Jerez de la Frontera on May 11, 1969. The son of the legendary Fernando…
Artist Profiles: Guadiana
Guadiana is a very versatile flamenco artist: he is the cantaor that most dancers prefer, the palmero sought after by Camarón, Morente, and other artists,…
Artist Profiles: El Indio Gitano
Bernardo Silva, born in Miajadas, western Spain in 1940, was known as El Indio Gitano (the Gypsy Indian) or El Moro (The Moor). He was…
Artist Profiles: El Pele
Manuel Moreno Maya, better known as “El Pele”, was born in Córdoba on January 17, 1954. He is a flamenco singer with a sharp intuition…
Artist Profiles: El Polaco
Luis Heredia Fernandez, better known as “El Polaco”, was born in 1950. He started singing professionally at 21, specializing in flamenco tangos and bulerias, performing…
Artist Profiles: El Potito
El Potito Antonio Vargas Cortés El Potito was born in 1976, in Seville. His parents were Gypsy dancers. At the age of six years he…
Artist Profiles: El Torta
Juan Moneo Lara (a.k.a. El Torta) was born in Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz, Spain), 1952. He was a Gypsy Flamenco cantaor (singer). His brother…
Artist Profiles: José Jiménez Abadía, El Viejín
José Jiménez Abadía, El Viejín, lives in the Madrid district of Caño Roto, a surprising Gypsy community where several guitarists have their homes (Felipe Maya…
Artist Profiles: Emilio Maya
Emilio Maya was born into a Gypsy family in Molvizar, a village just outside of Granada. At the age of eight he began to play…