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Although the group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos (Spanish Romani) who fled Spain during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. They are known for bringing rumba flamenca , a pop-oriented music distantly derived from traditional flamenco and rumba , to a worldwide audience, and for their interpretations of English-language ...
Gitano children are regularly segregated from their non-gitano peers and have poorer academic outcomes. [48] In 1978, 68% of adult gitanos were illiterate. [49] Literacy has greatly improved over time; approximately 10% of gitanos were illiterate as of 2006-2007 (with older gitanos much more likely than younger gitanos to be illiterate). [50]
These artists were interested in popular urban music, which in those years was renewing the Spanish music scene, it was the time of the Movida madrileña. Among them are " Pata Negra ", who fused flamenco with blues and rock, Ketama , of pop and Cuban inspiration and Ray Heredia, creator of his own musical universe where flamenco occupies a ...
In 1998 she founded screen-music consultancy Chop Shop Music Supervision where she worked on music selection for productions including the Twilight series, Grey’s Anatomy, Mad Men, Gossip Girl ...
"Bamboléo" is a 1987 Spanish language song by Gitano-French band Gipsy Kings, from their eponymous album. The song was written by band members Tonino Baliardo, Chico Bouchikhi (J. Bouchikhi), Nicolas Reyes and Venezuelan composer Simón Díaz. It was arranged by Dominique Perrier. "Bamboleo" could be translated as "wobble", "swing" or "dangle ...
The first Romani group in Mexico were the Spanish gitanos that arrived during the Colonial era. Some of the mid-19th century migrants may have arrived to Mexico via Argentina. [2] In the late 19th and early 20th century migrants from Hungary, Poland and Russia began arriving. [1]
Canut Reyes was born in Strasbourg [citation needed], the son of flamenco vocalist Jose Reyes (1928–1979) and Clementine Nésanson (died 2005).Canut was part of the musical group his father and brothers started around 1974, called Jose Reyes et Los Reyes.
Kal – Romani world music band from Serbia; Kibariye – Turkish singer of Romani descent; Kostas Hatzis – Greek singer-songwriter and musician; Lolita Flores (1958) – Spanish singer and actress; Los Niños de Sara – French (Spanish origin, Iberian Kale) rumba and flamenco singers and guitar players; Manitas de Plata (born 1921 ...