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Tag: Spanish guitar

Manuel Cerpa playing guitar outdoors
Artist Profiles

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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Juan Manuel Cañizares holding his guitar
Awards

Juan Manuel Cañizares Wins 2023 National Music Award

World Music Central News Room September 5, 2023 No Comments Flamencoflamenco guitarguitarJuan Manuel CañizaresSpanish guitarSpanish musicworld music

The jury of Spain’s 2023 National Music Awards has proposed the granting of this award to guitarist Juan Manuel Cañizares, in the Performance modality. This…

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Quatuor Byron & Matteo Mela - Souvenir d'Espagne
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Quatuor Byron & Matteo Mela Release Souvenir d’Espagne

Angel Romero July 3, 2023 No Comments Matteo MelaQuatuor ByronSpanish guitarSpanish musicwestern classical music

Transnational ensemble Quatuor Byron (the Byron Quartet) and classical guitarist Matteo Mela have teamed up to celebrate the music of Spain and the guitar on…

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Album reviews

Cosmopolitan Grooves and Seductive Guitar

Angel Romero February 28, 2021 No Comments Carlos Cortés BustamanteFlamencoflamenco guitarguitarSpanish guitarSpanish musicworld fusion

Carlos Cortés Bustamante – Vínculos (La Mar Sonora, 2021) Vinculos (links in Spanish) is the first solo album from Spanish guitarist, composer, producer and world…

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Superb Guitar Mastery from Latin America

Angel Romero January 19, 2021 No Comments Carlos Muñiz DíazCuban musicDuo CoincidenciaguitarMartha Eugenia Salado MondejaMexican musicSpanish guitarSpanish musicwestern classical music

Duo Coincidencia – Veracruz – Sones y Flores (Cugate Clásicos Latinos, 2020) Veracruz – Sones y Flores presents a set of delightful, masterfully performed guitar…

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Album reviews

David Broza’s Extraordinary Tribute to the Spanish Guitar

Angel Romero August 6, 2020 No Comments David BrozaFlamencoSpanish guitarSpanish music

David Broza – en Casa Limón (S-Curve Records/BMG, 2020) Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza has had a strong connection with Spain. He grew up in England…

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Album reviews

A Guitar Tribute to Women and Equity

Angel Romero May 25, 2019 No Comments classicalFlamencoPablo Romero LuisSpanish guitar

Pablo Romero Luis – Desnudas de palabras (Pablo Romero Luis, 2019) Desnudas de palabras (bare of words) is a wonderful tribute to women. Madrid guitarist…

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Album reviews

The Beautiful Strings of Murcia

Angel Romero December 22, 2016 1 Comment bandurriaguitarroJuan José RobleslaúdlutemandolinoctavillaSpainSpanish guitarSpanish music

Juan José Robles – “Tiempo de espera” (self-release, 2016) Juan José Robles is a Spanish composer and multi-instrumentalist who specializes in Spanish string instruments. He…

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Interviews

Interview with Paco de Lucía

Angel Romero March 2, 2004 Flamencoflamenco guitarPaco de LuciaSpanish guitarSpanish music

1. After several years living in Mexico, why have you decided to come back to Spain and settle in Toledo? I decided to come to…

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