Peret at an awards ceremony in Madrid in 2011: he had been a mainstay of Spanish TV and radio (Getty) The singer and guitarist Peret was known as the King of the Catalan rumba, the fusion of flamenco ...

After skipping a year — due to Spain’s gargantuan fiscal crisis — New York’s main flamenco event is back with regained passion. One of the most interesting features of the festival’s 11th version is ...

Rosalía nods to the gypsy party music of her native Barcelona on her Catalan track "Milionària". By Judy Cantor-Navas Rosalía sings “Milionària,” one part of her new double track, in her native ...

Cuchíbiri cuchíbiri is the story of the Catalan rumba Created by Catalan gypsies this documentary is narrated by its very creator Peret who sold millions of records around the world Stories about ...

Peret, the singer and guitarist known as the king of the Catalan rumba -- Barcelona's original party music -- died Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 79. By Judy Cantor-Navas Peret, the singer and guitarist known ...

You are in: Manchester > Entertainment > Manchester International Festival > Ojos de Brujo Sublime: Ojos de Brujo Imagine, if you can, a fusion of Spanish hip hop, Catalan rumba and flamenco. No, nor ...

A larger-than-life Barcelona gypsy struggles to make his mother’s musical dream come true in 'Petitet,' a documentary by Carles Bosch. By Jonathan Holland “When a gypsy says he’ll do something, then ...

Band members Yacine Belahcene Benet, Massinissa Aït-Ahmed, Gabriel Fletcher and Alexandre Guitart of "Yacine and the Oriental Grove" incorporate North African and Mediterranean musical traditions, as ...

Chicago-based journalist Catalina Maria Johnson hosts the 15th installment of World Cafe's Latin Roots music series. Johnson writes in Spanish and English for publications such as HOY, Revista ...