There are just a handful of musicians whose influence changed the sound of their genre. Flamenco vocalist Camaron de la Isla is on that short list. He re-energized a centuries-old tradition, leading ...

Alexis Morante's documentary 'Camaron: Flamenco and Revolution' covers the life and times of the legendary Spanish singer, the closest thing flamenco had to a '70s rock star. By Jonathan Holland Jose ...

New film, series honor the life and music of the great Spanish flamenco innovator. Together, they are set to introduce new audiences to his life and legend. By Judy Cantor-Navas Camarón: Flamenco y ...

God must have made Camarón de la Isla weak for a purer display of glory. Camarón was small and pale—his name means “shrimp” in Spanish—and he sat on a wooden chair and sang. His pained and primitive ...

Fusión X Camarón will feature a multigenerational line up playing 14 hours of music in San Fernando, the flamenco legend's home town in Southern Spain. By Judy Cantor-Navas A new festival honoring ...

The movie will cover the life of Camarón de la Isla (Jaenada), the legendary Spanish flamenco cantaor, from his beginning until his death. It tells around the relationships Camarón de la Isla struck ...

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He began singing professionally – to support the family after his blacksmith dad’s early demise – at just eight years old and was profoundly influenced by his mother, Juana Cruz Castro, a basket ...

Flamenco singing was dwindling in popularity in Spain until the appearance of Camaron de la Isla. Thousands lined the streets at his funeral in Andalucia in 1992. Witness speaks to a guitarist called ...

Camaron de la Isla re-energized a centuries-old flamenco tradition, leading the music into the 20th century and beyond. As he began his career, flamenco was still a connoisseur's music, hardly part of ...