When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Fin Costello/Redferns Even for experienced steel-string guitar players, the world of ...
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“I always try to put a little bit of my soul in the guitar,” says Maria Conde of the handcrafted flamenco instruments she creates at the Conde Hermanos workshop in Madrid. The Conde family has been ...
We're getting word that Paco de Lucia died Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 66. We remember the Spanish guitarist with a profile that originally aired July 16, 2004. Paco de Lucia has played flamenco guitar for ...
You may see beauty in the wood and the decorative inlays of a stringed instrument, but the interior construction is what makes each luthier's product distinctive, said Clarence Burnett, who made his ...
You wouldn’t think Beethoven’s most popular piano piece would work transcribed into castanet-tempting, flamenco guitar greatness. But, boy it really does. And the fiery flamenco finale is an ending ...
Comedienne and actress Charo wiggled, giggled and jiggled her way across TV and movie screens in the 1970s and 1980s. Even if you don't know the name, you know the image — curvaceous, blond, wearing a ...
He's an accomplished flamenco guitarist who has performed around the world, most recently for an Australian talent show called Little Big Shots. And here's the kicker: He's 11 years old. "It was ...
Olga Pericet’s “La Leona” and a dance panorama by Ballet Nacional de España look to the past, with an eye to recovery and invention. By Marina Harss For Olga Pericet, flamenco is an invitation: to ...
In the birthplace of flamenco, a storm of applause along with a scattering of boos greeted the announcement of the winner of one of the world's most prestigious competitions in the Spanish dance art ...