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Carmen

There have been at least 6 groups, and at least one solo artist, existing under the name 'Carmen'. 1) A unique English-American band, Carmen combined flamenco music with progressive rock. Adding to their distinctiveness was the fact that during long instrumental passages, members of the band would dance onstage, adding those sounds to the instrumental mix. Carmen consists of:
David Allen (vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards) who wrote most of the music of Carmen

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Carmen Linares

Carmen Pacheco Rodríguez, born in Linares (Jaén) in 1951, is without doubt a fundamental pillar of all current flamenco singing, she masters a vast repertoire of flamenco styles due to her long experience. Her enormous versatility has allowed her to take part in zarzuelas (a Spanish form of musical drama), plays and several projects involving classical musicians and musicans from the world of jazz. Out of her works, the recording of an anthology of female flamenco singing is the one which stands out.

Read more about Carmen Linares on Last.fm.

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Rodrigo y Gabriela

Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero are two fast-fingered, Dublin-based Mexicans with a unique sound created on acoustic guitars. Their music is difficult to define, straddling both world and rock and often imbued with timeless Hispano – classical influences. The fire in it comes from their life-long passion for metal music. In spring 2006, “Rodrigo y Gabriela,” beat both the Arctic Monkeys AND Johnny Cash to number one in the Irish charts. Both the artists and their third self–titled album have gone on to enjoy international success since its initial release in early 2006.

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Diego El Cigala

Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar, known as El Cigala (Spanish for 'Norway lobster', a nickname given to him by Camarón de la Isla) is a famous Romani Flamenco singer.
One of his great albums is 2003's "Lágrimas negras", a collaboration with then 85 -year-old Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés. The easy fusion of Cuban rhythms and flamenco vocals made this record an international success.
Like several other cantaores, El Cigala started singing in the street...

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Paco de Lucía

Paco de Lucía is considered a master of rasgueados and picados and is capable of playing with blinding speed on the flamenco guitar. Born Francisco Sánchez Gómez in Algeciras, Cádiz, Spain on December 21, 1947, he is the youngest of five children. The son of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez, and brother of flamenco singer Pepe de Lucía and flamenco guitarist Ramón de Algeciras, he adopted the stage name Paco de Lucía in honor of his Portuguese mother, Lucía Gomes.

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Chicuelo

Juan Gómez Chicuelo, (Barcelona, 1968) began his study of the guitar as a child, in and around the peñas flamencas. He studied among many others with the brothers Manolo Sanlúcar and Isidro Muñoz. In his early years, he worked in Barcelona at the Tablao de Carmen with Mario Escudero, Angelita Vargas, La Tolea, Yerbabuena, Sara Baras, Adrián Galia, Belén Maya, Antonio "el Pipa", Joaquin Grilo, etc...

Read more about Chicuelo on Last.fm.

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Dave Stewart

There are several artists with the name Dave Stewart:
1) Dave Stewart (prefers David A. Stewart) is most renown as one half of the succesful 80s pop duo Eurythmics
2) Dave Stewart is a British keyboardist and former member of Egg, Hatfield And The North, National Health and Bruford, now works with vocalist Barbara Gaskin
3) Dave Stewart is a British drummer with the group Camel
4) Dave Stewart is a British guitarist and vocalist with Steve Hillage's band

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