In 1975 I was awarded a Canada Council Travel Grant to learn more about the art of cante and how to accompany singers. I was a typical North American guitarist who fell in love with the sound of the flamenco guitar (via Carlos Montoya records) and years later discovered that the guitar was only a [...]
After many setbacks of one sort or another, Rosario finally managed to realize her dream of bringing her story back to the people and area where it all started. As one could imagine, this was the result of a lot of organization and planning by many people – but mostly by Rosario – and it went [...]
The first time I ever heard flamenco was probably around 1962 at my friend Peter Baronas’ house. It was a Carlos Montoya record and I knew immediately that if I was ever going to play the guitar, I wanted it to sound like that. Peter grew up in Bogotá, Colombia. He and his family had [...]
