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Tag: Spain

El Naán band photo outdoors
Artist Profiles

El Naán Reconstruct Iberian Folk Through Art and Innovation

Angel Romero December 13, 2024 No Comments El NaánSpainSpanish musicworld music

El Naán, founded in 2009 in Tabanera de Cerrato (Palencia), Spain, is a creative collective rooted in the ethnic spirit of Spanish and the wider…

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Manuel Cerpa playing guitar outdoors
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Rising Flamenco Guitarist Manuel Cerpa: An Exceptional Musician

Angel Romero October 13, 2024 No Comments Flamencoflamenco guitarManuel CerpaSpainSpanish guitarworld music

Manuel Jesús Cerpa González, born on March 26, 2003, in Chipiona, Spain, began playing guitar at the age of 10 under the tutelage of Juan…

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Josete Ordóñez sitting on a sofa, next to a guitar.
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Flamenco and World Fusion Guitarist Josete Ordóñez

Angel Romero July 30, 2024 No Comments FlamencoJosete OrdóñezSpainSpanish musicworld fusionworld music

Josete Ordóñez was born in Madrid in 1963. He began his journey as a guitarist in the flamenco tradition, influenced by the legendary Paco de…

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Juanfe Pérez Photo by Kaothic Alice. The artist playing bass.
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Eclectic Flamenco Bassist and Guitarist Juanfe Pérez

Angel Romero July 29, 2024 No Comments Flamencoflamenco bassJuanfe PérezSpainSpanish musicworld fusionworld music

(headline image: Juanfe Pérez – Photo by Kaothic Alice) Juanfe Pérez, born in 1986 in Villanueva de los Castillejos (Huelva), is a versatile musician known…

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Sergio Gómez “El Colorao” singing live.
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Flamenco Singer Sergio Gómez “El Colorao”

Angel Romero July 28, 2024 No Comments FlamencoSergio Gómez “El Colorao”SpainSpanish musicworld music

Sergio Gómez Delgado has been immersed in traditional flamenco from a young age. His father, Antonio Gómez “El Colorao,” instilled in him the fundamentals of…

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Reyes Carrasco singing at a table in a café or club.
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Reyes Carrasco, Keeper of Ancient Flamenco Traditions

Angel Romero July 27, 2024 No Comments FlamencoReyes CarrascoSpainSpanish musicworld music

Reyes Carrasco was born in Los Palacios y Villafranca, Seville. She is the daughter of the singer María José Carrasco and is a descendant of…

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Manuel Valencia playing guitar
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Manuel Valencia, Flamenco Guitarist with Deep Gitano Roots

Angel Romero July 26, 2024 No Comments FlamencoSpainSpanish musicworld music

Manuel Valencia, from Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, grew up under the guidance of his uncle, Fernando Terremoto, who nurtured his deep love for the…

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Alba Carmona head shot.
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Flamenco Fusionist and Singer-songwriter Alba Carmona

Angel Romero May 4, 2024 No Comments Alba CarmonaFlamencoSpainSpanish musicworld music

Alba Carmona is a Spanish singer and songwriter from the Barcelona area, born to parents from Malaga, in southern Spain. Her upbringing immersed her in…

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One string rabel - Photo by Araceli Tzigane Sánchez
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The Rabel: an Insight into an Ancient Spanish Musical Instrument

Angel Romero March 17, 2024 No Comments arrabelarrabelilloCantabrian musicCastilian folk musicManuel Marcos BarderarabelSpainSpanish musicworld music

(headline image: One string rabel – Photo by Araceli Tzigane Sánchez. This the same type of rabel used by Juan Antonio Torres of folk band…

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Hirahi Afonso playing the timple outdoors
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Timple Innovator Hirahi Afonso

Angel Romero March 4, 2024 No Comments Canary IslandsHirahi AfonsoSpainSpanish musictimpleworld fusionworld music

Spanish musician and composer Hirahi Afonso (Gran Canaria, 1996) opted for the timple as his vessel to chart unexplored musical waters. Credited with breathing new…

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