He`s known as one of the world`s foremost classical guitarists, but you might also consider him something of a missionary. ”Flamenco music simply is my life,” says Paco Pena, who will play a solo ...

Acclaimed guitar virtuoso Jesse Cook and his band are coming to District Live for a stop on their continuing global Libre Tour. Since he was three years old, Cook wanted to learn how to play flamenco ...

The guitarist Paco de Lucía died more than three years ago, leaving behind an immense impact on flamenco music. He expanded what once was a very strict, traditional form by adding jazz and world music ...

For Ottmar Liebert, flamenco music is a microcosm of many musical styles. The German native, who will be performing with his band Luna Negra at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Friday, May 23, is a ...

Paco De Lucia revolutionized flamenco guitar playing, and contributed to the renewal of flamenco by integrating sounds and instruments from other forms of music. He is the premier flamenco guitarist ...

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Peña was thrilled to find that Ronnie Drew spoke Andalusian Spanish and also played flamenco guitar Flamenco guitar wizard Paco Peña jokes that he partied with The Dubliners in his early days and ...

Rafael Riqueni was born on August 16th 1962, on Fabié street in the Triana neighbourhood of Seville. At twelve years of age, he gave his first performances as a soloist, and at fourteen he won the two ...

Paco de Lucia, one of the world’s greatest guitarists who dazzled audiences with his lightning-speed flamenco rhythms and finger work, has died in Mexico, Spanish officials said Wednesday. He was 66.