Flamenco is the historic folk music of the Andalusia region in southern Spain. It is known for its use of the guitar, cajón, castanets, and clapping. Its singing, el cante, is evocative, heartfelt, ...

So far as we know, salsa vocal greats Willie Colón, Ruben Blades and Tito Allen have no plans to make a flamenco album. But that hasn’t stopped Spain’s Diego El Cigala, one of the world’s greatest ...

The Spanish flamenco singer Diego “El Cigala” was sentenced to two years and one month in prison for abuse committed against his ex-partner, flamenco singer Kina Méndez, according to Spanish media ...

"People didn't expect to hear pure salsa from the '70s and '80s with a flamenco voice." By Elias Leight Diego el Cigala made his name in the ’90s and early ’00s as a titan of contemporary flamenco, ...

It’s unclear how many flamenco music fans attended Rosalía’s sold-out Oct. 2 concert at SDSU’s Cal Coast Credit Union Amphitheatre. And it’s unclear how many of them have heard flamenco vocal star ...

Como parte de su gira mundial, llega a Chicago por primera vez Diego El Cigala, sin duda, una de las mayores figuras del flamenco actual. La trayectoria del maestro ha sido legendaria a partir de que ...

Now, flamenco has a new star with a similarly crustaceous nickname, “ El Cigala ” (“The Prawn”), who has quickly ascended to his own musical heights. Unlike the fair-skinned Camarón, Diego El Cigala ...

De etnia gitana, nacido español y de nacionalizado dominicano, al cantaor flamenco Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar —mejor conocido como Diego El Cigala— el gusto por la salsa le comenzó en su infancia, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Always combustible, Diego El Cigala's voice could suddenly flare up as if it had been doused with petrol. Fine-grained and rather smoky ...

Everything that touches Diego el Cigala‘s throat turns into flamenco. “I channel everything through flamenco, since it is what I am,” said the Madrid-based flamenco singer, in a phone interview the ...

While artists spend a lot of time in the recording studio, Spanish flamenco singer Diego el Cigala says it's the live performance that makes a musician. "Yes, the music can be changed and manipulated ...

Diego el Cigala made his name in the '90s and early '00s as a titan of contemporary flamenco, but for more than a decade, he has enjoyed cross-genre adventures, exploring outside the world of flamenco ...