Juan Carlos Romero releases his second solo guitar album, entitled ‘Romero’
Estrella Morente, Arcángel and Eva Yerbabuena collaborate with the Huelva-born guitarist

Juan Zarzuela breathes new life into forgotten cantes on the 2CD anthology ‘Pura verdad’
The cantaor from Jerez writes the lyrics, and oversees the musical arrangement and production on this, his third album

Gerardo Núñez releases his new album ‘Andando el tiempo’
The guitarist has Paolo Fresu, Perico Sambeat and Mariano Díaz as guests

La Tobala releases ‘Azul’, the sixth album of her musical career
The Sevillian cantaora once again takes stakes in party flamenco

Chano Domínguez and Martirio blend folk song and jazz on the album 'Acoplados'
The pianist and singer are backed by the RTVE Orchestra

Jerónimo Maya débuts with the flamenco guitar album 'Jerónimo'
The guitarist recovers El Indio Gitano's voice and José Antonio Galicia's percussion

Arcángel releases 'La calle perdía', the second album of his career

Miguel Poveda presents the live album 'Poemas del exilio. Rafael Alberti'
The work is a suite for voice and chamber orchestra, directed by Enric Palomar

Vicente Soto Sordera will launch the new album 'Star Alegre' in spring
The Jerez-born cantaor pays tribute to poet José Hierro

Camarón de la Isla returns with the album 'Alma y corazón flamencos'

Flamenco plays tribute once again to Juan Valderrama
Paco de Lucía, Carmen Linares, Diego el Cigala and Vicente Amigo are among those who participate on the album which pays homage to the cantaor from Jaén

Paco de Lucía returns at the end of January with the album 'Cositas buenas'
The guitarist from Algeciras brings Camarón's voice back to life on this new album

Gerardo Núñez puts the finishing touches to his new album, scheduled for release in March 2004

Óscar Herrero launches his new study materials for flamenco guitar and a live DVD

Paco de Lucía recovers on DVD a concert held in Germany in 1996
The guitarist is accompanied by the historic septet

Sara Baras releases the show 'Mariana Pineda' on DVD
The Cádiz-born bailaora's company performs in Barcelona in December and January

SGAE publishes 'Camarón vida y obra', written by José Manuel Gamboa and Faustino Núñez The book contains audition guides to all of the cantaor's discography

'Fantasía flamenca', second installment of Paco de Lucía's official transcription collection, sees the light of day
Flamenco-world.com offers a fragment of the granaína 'Generalife bajo la luna'

Juan José Téllez delves deep into the figure of the maestro from Algeciras in the biography 'Paco de Lucía en vivo'
The book is based on some twenty interviews with the artist

The 'Rito y geografía del baile' series is reissued on DVD
'Rito y geografía del toque' is also now available in digital format

Salvador Távora takes his flamenco version of 'Carmina Burana' onto the international circuit
La Cuadra will perform in Spain, Mexico and France, among other countries

Rafael Amargo has his season in Madrid with 'Enramblao', 'Poeta en Nueva York' and 'El amor brujo'
The Granada-born bailaor continues his international tour around America and Japan

España Baila Flamenco starts its 2004 world tour in Mexico with the show 'The Power of the Feeling'
The company will perform this season in Spain and China, among other countries

Sara Baras will spend 2004 traveling the globe, taking 'Mariana Pineda' as her flagship

Mario Maya seeks future members for the Granada Flamenco Dance Company
The bailaores will be chosen from among second-year students of the Center of Performing Arts Studies, which will take place from January to June 2004

María Pagés reflects on human values in 'Canciones para antes de una guerra', her new show
The company premieres in Torrelodones (Madrid) on December 13th and 14th, 2003

Ángel Muñoz will première the show 'Robándole al alma' in South Africa
The bailaor from Cordoba will perform in Sttellenbosch from December 8th through 15th 2003

Flamenco-world.com makes the first online broadcast of a flamenco show
Free of charge, internauts all over the world will be able to 'attend' the premiere of 'Inmigración' on Wednesday, November 19th, 2003 at 9 p.m.

Enrique Morente inaugurates the thirteenth edition of the Caja Madrid Festival
Rancapino, Carmen Linares, Israel Galván and Tomatito, among others, on the bill

‘Flamenco viene del Sur’ offers a weekly encounter with the flamenco arts at Granada's Teatro Alhambra and Malaga's Teatro Cánovas

Flamenco Festival USA 2005 braces the main U.S. flamenco event

The Spanish National Ballet will open the 9th Jerez Festival 2005

The ‘Jueves Flamencos’ concerts provide a showcase for promising newcomers in the 2004-2005 season

2005 London Flamenco Festival presents a star-studded bill with Sara Baras, Eva Yerbabuena, Mayte Martín and Belén Maya, Carmen Linares, ‘The Four Elements’ and Cañizares

Enrique Morente, María Pagés and Gerardo Núñez star in the 1st Torrelodones Flamenco Festival

The 2005 Jerez Festival courses are already over 50 percent full with 500 places filled

The Mistela Festival is extended to six days with Israel Galván, Miguel Poveda, Mayte Martín and Lole

Paco de Lucía, Tomatito and Gerardo Núñez put flamenco guitar on the map at the Festival de Jazz de Madrid

Paco de Lucía, Sara Baras and Antonio Canales offer a benefit concert at the Seville olympic stadium on 23rd October 2004

Rafael Campallo headlines at the fifth edition of the California Flamenco Arts Festival with his production ‘Campallerías’

The 2004 Festival de Monterrey lines up Joaquín Grilo, Carmen Grilo and Pastora Galván

‘Los Tarantos’ introduces flamenco on the musical circuit
Javier Latorre, Chicuelo, Tomatito, Ana Salazar and Carmelilla Montoya take part in this show which premieres on September 20th, 2004 in Barcelona

World Flamenco Fair 2004 expects to top fifteen thousand visits in its fourth edition

Seville's 2004 Bienal extends its program with Tomatito, Antonio Canales and Miguel Poveda

Flamenco goes down to the waterfront at Cadiz every Thursday throughout July and August 2004

Flamenco takes Madrid's Jardines de Sabatini by storm
Chano Lobato, Pepe Habichuela, Duquende and Gerardo Núñez are among those on the bill for the Veranos de la Villa season, which runs from 4th to 13th August 2004

Mairena del Alcor puts the finishing touches to the program for its XXXII International Congress of the Flamenco Arts

Turin's 2004 Torino Flamenca Festival brings together Mayte Martín and Belén Maya, Isabel Bayón, Tomatito and Yerbabuena

Sara Baras, Paco de Lucía and Eva Yerbabuena fly the flag for flamenco at the 2004 Festival de Música de Jimena de la Frontera

The 2004 Festival Chivas Regal de Danza offers five visions of flamenco and Spanish dance

Argeles-sur-Mer Flamenco Festival hosts the only concert by Paco de Lucía in France
Israel Galván and Esperanza Fernández, among others, also perform in the French city from July 15th to 18th

Festival de la Yerbabuena draws its line-up from Jerez, Utrera, Lebrija and Las Cabezas

Niña de los Peines Memorial holds its third edition with El Lebrijano, Miguel Poveda, Juan Diego, Israel Galván and Esperanza Fernández

2004 Seville's Flamenco Bienal: Complete programme

Potaje Gitano de Utrera 2004 closes its bill with Bernarda de Utrera, Arcángel and Farruquito
The festival dedicates its forty-eighth edition to singer Alejandro Sanz

Flamenco con Gracia and Somorrostro complete Barcelona's flamenco season

Seville's 2004 Bienal prologues the festival with the series ‘More Youths, More Flamenco’ and ‘More Flamenco, More Musics’

2004 Córdoba Guitar Festival puts flamenco guitar and dancing in the spotlight
Paco de Lucía, Tomatito, Javier Latorre, Raimundo Amador and Antonio Canales, among others, provide the flamenco touch at the festival to be held in July 2004

Manuela Carrasco, Israel Galván and Belén Fernández dance at the 2004 Albuquerque Festival
The festival is to be held in the U.S. city from June 11th to 19th

The 2004 Festival de Mont de Marsan boasts a line-up headed by Joaquín Grilo, Yerbabuena and 'ADN Jerez'
'Historias de arte' will also travel to the French city for the first week of July

La Unión's 2004 Las Minas Festival pays tribute to Enrique Morente
The Granada-born cantaor premieres the show 'Minerico' at the festival in Murcia

Harmattan premieres its novel bet on flamenco without borders

Jorge Pardo premieres 'Mira' at the Royal Theater
The concert will take place on April 21st, 2004 at the award ceremony of the 9th Annual José María Forqué Cinematographic Prize

Barcelona brims with flamenco from March to June
The Guitar Festival, Ciutat Vella Festival and Nou Barris Flamenco gather figures such as Paco de Lucía, Estrella Morente, Tomatito and Miguel Poveda

Flamenco touches down in Latin America during Spring 2004
Sara Baras and Los Losada perform in Colombia, Antonio Canales and Aida Gómez dance in Chile and María Pagés in Mexico

The University of Seville defends young flamenco in another installment of the series 'El flamenco que viene'
Carmen Grilo, Sergio Monroy, Jairo Barrul, Diego de Morón and Harmattan, on the bill

Agujetas, La Macanita and Parrilla de Jerez make up the bill of the 2004 Toulouse Festival
The French festival is to be held from April 20th to May 1st, 2004

Paco de Lucía, Estrella Morente and Farruquito add a note of flamenco to Granada's Festival de Música y Danza
Marina Heredia performs in dancer Blanca Li's version of 'El amor brujo'

Gerardo Núñez Trío and Carmen Cortés star in Israel's Días de Flamenco Festival
The event will take place in Tel Aviv between March 31st and April 3rd 2004

Equltauro 2004 defends the connection between flamenco and bullfighting
Marina Heredia and Paco del Pozo to perform at this Cultural Bullfighting and Equine Fair

Concurso Nacional de Arte Flamenco de Córdoba holds its seventeenth edition
The cante, baile and guitar competition is to be held from April 25th to May 8th, 2004 at the Gran Teatro in Córdoba

Angelita Gómez reappears on stage forty years after her retirement to close Jerez 2004
María del Mar Moreno carries the weight of 'Ayer y siempre', the tribute to the artist

Seville's 2004 Bienal advances the program with which it celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary
Joaquín Cortés, Eva Yerbabuena, Manolo Sanlúcar and María Pagés stand out on the bill

Paco de Lucía cancels concerts on his U.S tour due to delays in processing visas
Berkeley and Santa Cruz postpone performances and Davis cancels the concert

Flamenco-world.com holds drawing for dance course at the 2004 Jerez Festival

London holds a Flamenco Festival with José Mercé, Farruquito, María Pagés and Manuela Carrasco
The Barbican includes Diego el Cigala and Bebo Valdés in the world music series

Antonio el Pipa changes tone in 'Pasión y ley'
The bailaor premieres "a show of contrasts" at Jerez 2004 with Lola Greco as a guest and music by Dorantes

Paco de Lucía, José Merce, Gerardo Núñez and Ojos de Brujo champion Chicago's 'Flamenco 2004'
The U.S. festival will be held from January 14th to February 16, 2004

Remedios Amaya, Vicente Amigo and Farruquito perform at the fourteenth Nîmes flamenco season
The three will all be in the French city from January 21st to 25th 2004

Festival Caja Madrid 2004 puts the spotlight on cantaores like Estrella Morente, Chocolate and El Pele
Paco Cepero and El Pipa add the finishing touches in the form of guitar and dance to the Madrid event

José Mercé, Chocolate and Antonio Canales fill the 2003 Granada Fall Festival with flamenco
'Flamenco Encounters' back up-and-coming artists from Granada

Festival de Jerez puts the finishing touches to its line-up for 2004, with Farruquito heading the bill
New venues provide a showcase for young creators

Paco de Lucía continues his tour around Spain, Germany, France, Belgium, Portugal, Italy and Brazil

The Ballet Nacional de España will perform for the first time in Singapore, New Zealand and at the Adelaide International Festival
The company is on tour from 16th February to 16th March 2004

Eva Yerbabuena begins her 2004 tour by traveling to the United States, Canada and France
The bailaora, in the folds of her company, exports the shows 'Eva' and '5 Mujeres 5'

Jorge Pardo, Carles Benavent and Rubem Dantas go on tour with pianist Chick Corea
The Trio is finishing the album 'Sin precedentes', which will be released before summer

Ojos de Brujo closes the Barí Tour with a festival in Spain and starts preparing its third album
The flamenco hip hop group releases the remixes of their latest album

María del Mar Moreno takes Jerez-style baile, cante and toque on tour around Holland and Belgium
The bailaora from Jerez will perform at eleven theatres from 3rd to 14th December 2003

Rafael Campallo crosses the Atlantic on his new tour

Paco de Lucía prepares a North American tour for early 2004

Camarón de la Isla inspires Spanish films
Spanish director Jaime Chávarri begins shooting ‘Camarón’ in January

Diego el Cigala and Bebo Valdés win a Latin Grammy and start USA tour with ‘Lágrimas Negras’

El Pele and Vicente Amigo, Paco de Lucía, Raimundo Amador, El Lebrijano and Enrique Morente are the candidates to receive the Grammy Latino 2004 for ‘the best flamenco album’

Paco de Lucía, 2004 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts

Taller Flamenco programs dance workshops to be given by Ángeles Gabaldón, Rafaela Carrasco, Pastora Galván and Belén Maya

Juan Ogalla participates with 'Soniquete' in the European Union Enlargement Day Celebrations

Andalusian Tourism makes 'in situ' flamenco known to international tour operators

Fifty thousand people view the online premiere of the show 'Inmigración' at Flamenco-world.com

The World's Fair of Flamenco and Womex, the largest music festival in the world, revving up engines

Flamenco shines at the Grammy Awards with the cante of Pepe de Lucía
Cantaor Pepe de Lucía won the award for Best Flamenco Album for his record 'El corazón de mi gente' at the 2003 Latin Grammies ceremony.

Flamenco defends its nominations for the 2003 Latin Grammy
José Mercé, Diego el Cigala, Serranito, Pepe de Lucía, Carmen Linares, Gerardo Núñez and Ketama take part in an act at SGAE Madrid

First ever flamenco artists wore masks performing on stage

Seven flamenco artists compete for the 2003
Grammy Latino Ketama's 'Dame la mano' is nominated for best vocal album

The critics name Juan Diego, Ana Salazar, Niño Josele and Ángeles Gabaldón the year's best new artists. The 'Flamenco Today' Awards once again stress the new generation. Best new guitar soloist is Juan Diego in 'Luminaria', best cante soloist is Ana Salazar in 'Ana Salazar canta a Edith Piaf' and best accompanying guitarist Niño Josele in 'El pequeño reloj'. Also discovered is Ángeles Gabaldón in the show 'Inmigración', winning the prize for best baile show. Moreover, figures have been consolidated such as Enrique Morente, best cantaor for 'El pequeño reloj'; and the Serranito guitarists, best soloists for 'Sueños de ida y vuelta', and Paco Cepero, best accompanying guitarist for 'Morrongo' by Santiago Donday. Other instrumentalists awarded were Diego Amador for 'Piano jondo' and Tino di Geraldo for 'Tino'. In baile, the critics designate Farruquito as best bailaor and Belén Maya as best bailaora. In the book and audiovisual category, winning awards were 'Camarón vida y obra', by José Manuel Gamboa and Faustino Núñez, and the DVD 'Francisco Sánchez-Paco de Lucía', respectively.

Enrique Morente takes part in a tribute to Pepe Marchena 100 years after his birth. On Monday, January 26th, 2004, the Spanish Authors' Society (SGAE) and Taller de Músics have organized a ceremony in Barcelona in memory of cantaor Pepe Marchena, with a lecture by cantaor Enrique Morente and researcher José Luis Ortiz Nuevo entitled 'The Artistic and Human Personality of Pepe Marchena'. Scheduled next is the presentation of the commemorative double record 'Pepe Marchena'. The ceremony, which will be held at SGAE's headquarters in the Catalan capital at 7 p.m., will conclude with a recital by cantaor José Miguel Cerro and guitarist Juan Antonio España.

Flamenco contends for the Goya Awards. Flamenco has made room for itself on the list of nominees for the annual awards of the Spanish Film Academy. The documentary 'Polígono Sur' by Dominique Abel is in contention for the 'Goya' for best documentary film. In the category of best original song is 'Cuando me maten', a song by José Nieto which is performed by cantaor Fernando Terremoto Jr., on the soundtrack of the film 'Carmen' by Vicente Aranda; and 'Atraco a tu corazón', a score by Paco Ortega included in the movie 'Atraco a las tres... y media'. The awards will be given out on January 31st, 2004.