Flamenco in the News


  • Flamenco festival to be bigger and better
    Your Houston News
    Flamenco dancer Edith Niño will be among the performers for the 2012 Houston Spanish and Flamenco Festival. Photo credit: Andrea Vasquez, San Jacinto College marketing department. Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:23 pm | Updated: 5:07 pm, Thu May 17, ...

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  • The Guardian


  • Fiery flamenco funk gives sneak peek to Summer Festival season
    Cowichan News Leader Pictorial
    Their fiery nouveau flamenco funk is being counted on to give the Duncan Cowichan Summer Festival an early kickstart this weekend. Los Morenos is the featured attraction at a Summer Festival fundraiser dance. "They cross numerous stylistic barriers and ...

Instruments

How to Choose Castanets

Castanets are traditionally made from wood - the harder the wood, the better the sound.  The traditional wood for castanets is granadillo.   Ebony, rosewood, pomegranate and oak also give a good sound quality.

The more you use wooden castanets,… Continue reading

Tips for Castanets

The sound of castanets is instantly identifiable - outside Spain at least! - as flamenco.  Flamenco purists dismiss castanets as not being "authentic", but in fact, there are a lot of things about modern flamenco that aren't authentic - so… Continue reading