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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: El Potito

Angel Romero January 24, 2019 No Comments El PotitoFlamencoSpain

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…

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Artist Profiles: El Torta

Angel Romero January 24, 2019 No Comments El TortaFlamencoSpain

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…

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Artist Profiles: José Jiménez Abadía, El Viejín

Angel Romero January 24, 2019 No Comments El ViejinFlamencoflamenco guitarJosé Jiménez AbadíaSpain

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…

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Artist Profiles: Eliseo Parra

Angel Romero January 24, 2019 1 Comment Castilian folk musicEliseo ParraSpainSpanish musicworld fusion

Eliseo Parra is one of Spain’s leading performers and researchers of folk music. He has traveled to small villages to rediscover old songs, musical instruments…

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Artist Profiles: Emilio Cao

Angel Romero January 24, 2019 No Comments Celtic musicEmilio CaoGalician musicharpSpain

Emilio Cao is one of the central figures of the Galician Folk music scene. He recovered the use of the harp in Spanish folk music…

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Artist Profiles: Emilio Maya

Angel Romero January 24, 2019 No Comments Emilio MayaFlamencoflamenco guitarSpain

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…

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Artist Profiles: Enrique Morente

Angel Romero January 24, 2019 No Comments Enrique MorenteFlamencoSpain

The life of the cantaor Enrique Morente Cotelo, born in Granada, was always tied to cante (singing). As a child he was altar boy in…

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Artist Profiles: El Chocolate

Angel Romero January 21, 2019 No Comments El ChocolateFlamencoSpain

Antonio Núñez Montoya, ‘El Chocolate,’ was born in Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) in May of 1940, but his artistic birth took place in Seville,…

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Artist Profiles: El Cabrero

Angel Romero January 21, 2019 No Comments El CabreroFlamencoSpain

José Domínguez Muñoz, Better known as El Cabrero, was born in Aznalcóllar, Spain on October 19, 1944. El Cabrero means “the goat herder.” He is…

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Artist Profiles: Efrén López

Angel Romero January 20, 2019 2 Comments Early MusicEfrén LópezMedieval musicSpainSpanish musicworld fusionworld music

Efrén López was born in Manises, Spain in 1972. He is one of the founders of L’Ham de Foc. After collaborating in a wide number…

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