Spanish Music

Spanish Music posts cover several traditions. Articles look at flamenco from Andalusia with its cante, baile and toque branches, the great cantaores like Camaron and El Lebrijano, the classical guitar tradition built around Tarrega, Segovia and the Granados school, the bagpipe music of Galicia and Asturias, Catalan rumba, the long pop history from Mecano to Rosalia and the smaller jazz scene in Barcelona and Madrid. There are also short notes on traditional jota dances in Aragon, on Basque trikitixa accordion music and on the way regional music ties closely to local festivals.