An icon of Gypsy flamenco dance, CONCHA VARGAS has it all: flamenco essence, temperament, charisma, rhythmic creativity, expressivity, skill and absolute confidence on stage. There is not an ounce of ...

Gema Moneo is from the legendary Moneo clan of Gypsy flamenco singers and guitarists in Jerez de la Frontera. Niece of the famed singer El Torta, she grew up in the middle of an ongoing flamenco ...

Omayra Amaya comes by her taste for experimentation honestly: her great-aunt was the legendary Gypsy flamenco dancer and movie star Carmen Amaya. A tiny woman with slim hips and wiry arms, Carmen ...

Though many people come for the fiery dancing, the true aficionado knows that flamenco is a marriage of cante (song), baile (dance) and toque (guitar playing). “It’s always a conversation,” says Jason ...

Like a flock of doves above her head, the delicate hands of Manuela Carrasco are enough to make audiences catch their breath and fall silent. Yet this international star, known in her native Spain as ...

Cinco at Centro — Celebration features live tunes, party drinks and street food specials, including cochinita pibil platters, lobster tacos, street corn and more. Specialty drinks include Corazon Coin ...

In 1959, a magical year for jazz albums, Miles Davis, inspired by some flamenco performances he had heard, recorded Sketches of Spain (Columbia, 1960) at Columbia's 30th Street studio. Half of the ...

Navajita Plateá, one of the most acclaimed and recognized gypsy flamenco bands on Spain's music scene make their Los Angeles debut on Saturday, November 5 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, with their ...

It was 17 years ago when flamenco dancer Celia Fonta and her husband, guitarist Paco Fonta, organized the first Siempre Festival de Cante Miami. Their mission was to present the best dancers and ...

Sorcery of all sorts captures our imaginations. There’s witchcraft, with its errant rites for reward and retribution; love – at times seeming just as supernatural – casting its own spells, and art, ...

While dancers and musicians from around the world have embraced flamenco, the art form’s beating heart remains in southern Spain, where extended Gitano clans in small Andalusian cities hand the ...