Links
- The Peña Flamenca de Londres site has useful links to dance, guitar and singing teachers, performers, other Peñas and shops.
Here are a few extra sites we have found :
- Flamenco magazines
- Backcopies of Alma 100 can be purchased at :
http://www.deflamenco.com/tiendaflamenco/index.jsp?codArtista=233
- acordes de Flamenco magazine
http://www.rdmeditorial.com
Six issues per year, contains all latest news on flamenco artists. Each copy comes with a free DVD of guitar and dance lessons. Tabs and background information for the lessons are also in the magazine.
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- Flamenco shops
- Based in London: http://www.elmundoflamenco.co.uk
Flamencista - sells hand-made flamenco shoes and all flamenco dancewear from Spain
- Based in Madrid, with online shopping facilities :
http://www.esflamenco.com
http://www.flamenco-world.com
http://www.deflamenco.com
http://www.elflamencovive.es
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- About Flamenco
- http://www.centroandaluzdeflamenco.es
- A guide to flamenco palos (song forms) :
http://www.flamenco-world.com/magazine/about/palos/paginas/indice.htm
- A guide to flamenco compás (rhythm) :
http://www.flamencocompas.nl
- The Flamenco Photo Project is dedicated to assembling, preserving and publishing documents and photos about flamenco from the 1960s and 1970s.
http://www.flamencophotoproject.com/index.html
- Information about flamenco in the UK :
http://ukflamenco.com/default.aspx
You can also buy the book, Flamenco Essentials, from this site.
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- Foros
Want to chat with other people around the world who also enjoy flamenco?
- http://www.foroflamenco.com
The largest of the Foros dedicated to flamenco has gone through its ups and downs but is worth a visit. It has a lot of useful information which its members have kindly shared.
- http://www.oldschoolforum.com
A forum for people mostly interested in older and traditional styles of flamenco. There is a list of good youtube links, and articles on the history of flamenco.
- http://www.flamenco-teacher.com
Hosted by regular nice guy Ramin Rad, visited by the knowledgeable and helpful Ricardo Marlow.
- http://allaboutguitars.coolforums.org/index.php
The most relaxed of all the forums - the only rule is that there are no rules. Be prepared!
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- Internet Flamenco radio
- http://www.flamenco.ca/music.asp
From the USA
- http://users.skynet.be/duendeflamenco
From Brussels
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- Letras and poems
- Want to read some of the beautiful words that flamencos sing? Try these sites :
- http://culturitalia.uibk.ac.at/hispanoteca/Musik-Spanien/Flamenco/Las%20letras%20del%20flamenco.htm
- http://www.los-poetas.com/j/machad1.htm
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- Flamenco events
- http://www.flamenco-events.com
This is a French site but has lists of events all over Europe, so if you are travelling, take a look.
- http://www.flamencofestival.info
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- Flamenco courses
- http://www.flamenco-world.com/flamencoschool/indice.htm
- Camino Holidays .... provide a whole range of different guitar courses in Jerez.
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- Flamenco in Granada
- We have made good friends in the music world in Granada over the last few years and list below some sites that should be of interest to flamencos:
Andalamusica .... web site of Harold and Kate Burgon who run a recording studio in Granada and are also involved in promoting flamenco artists.
Emilio Maya Flamenco .... web site of renowned guitarist, Emilio Maya, who has a school in Granada where courses are given in guitar, dance, percussion etc.
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- Videos/CDs/Books etc.
- Extrazone .... information web site of flamenco guitarist, Francisco Antonio. The link goes directly to his recommendations for YouTube flamenco videos.
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- Organising a flamenco event
- Flamenco Dancer .... if you want to organise your own event, check out Sandra La Espuelita's web site.
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- Other guitar styles
- Federation of Guitar Societies .... for information about guitar societies around the country. We recently went to the Ealing Guitar Society which was very welcoming.
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