Acclaimed guitar virtuoso Jesse Cook and his band are coming to District Live for a stop on their continuing global Libre Tour. Since he was three years old, Cook wanted to learn how to play flamenco ...

You may see beauty in the wood and the decorative inlays of a stringed instrument, but the interior construction is what makes each luthier's product distinctive, said Clarence Burnett, who made his ...

“I always try to put a little bit of my soul in the guitar,” says Maria Conde of the handcrafted flamenco instruments she creates at the Conde Hermanos workshop in Madrid. The Conde family has been ...

We're getting word that Paco de Lucia died Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 66. We remember the Spanish guitarist with a profile that originally aired July 16, 2004. Paco de Lucia has played flamenco guitar for ...

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Paco de Lucia, the guitar playing “pioneer” who brought flamenco to an international audience, has died at the age of 66. The lauded musician, who had performed for more than five decades and who is ...

Olga Pericet’s “La Leona” and a dance panorama by Ballet Nacional de España look to the past, with an eye to recovery and invention. By Marina Harss For Olga Pericet, flamenco is an invitation: to ...