Tag: Flamenco

• Andalusia’s flamenco artist Perrate and Catalan duo Za! join forces from opposite ends of Spain for an album of radical experimentalism

  

  Jolifanto is a collaborative debut album by ZA! and Perrate for Lovemonk Records – who create an electronic fusion under the influence of flamenco. Jolifanto, takes its name from the first verse of Karawane – a seminal Dadaist phonetic poem by Hugo Ball, first recited at the Cabaret Voltaire, in 1916. Ball became entranced and…

  WTM

  March 30, 2024

  Experimental, Flamenco, Spain

  Adalusia, Babelia/El País, BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction, Caberet Voltaire, Catalan, Dadaist, Flamenco, Gitano, Hugo Ball, Jolifanto, Karawane, Lovemonk Records, Música y Museos, MegaCobla and Tarta Relena, phonetic poem, Romani, Seville, Utrera, ZA! + Perrate

• The ‘Gypsy King of Flamenco’ can be honoured again through Universal’s reissues of Camarón de la Isla

  In the Spanish city of La Línea de la Concepción there is a statue commemorating the life of José Monje Cruz (a.k.a Camarón de la Isla). The flamenco Romani singer is famed for his revival of the musical style in the latter half of the 20th century, alongside fellow legends, Paco de Lucia and Tomatito.…

  WTM

  September 18, 2019

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  Camarón de la Isla, Flamenco, La Línea de la Concepción, Paco de Lucia, Spain, Tomatito, Universal