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The Gipsy Kings, the wonderfully diverse band rooted in traditional flamenco styles, celebrates 25 years of world-music domination this year. They have a new Grammy-winning album, Savor Flamenco, and a new U.S. tour. From “Djobi Djoba” to “Bem, Bem Maria” to the new “Caramelo”, the Gipsy Kings have been busy the past quarter of a century.
The group consists of two sets of brothers, now based in the Camargue region of France. There’s Nicolas, Canut, Paul, Patchai and Andre on the Reyes side, and Tonino, Paco and Diego on the Baliardo side. Music runs in the family, and they are descendants of the famous Jose Reyes and Manitas de Plata. Among their many hit songs are “Bamboleo” and a unique rendition of “Volare”. Their style can sometimes be difficult to classify: From flamenco to pop to rumba, the Gipsy Kings are truly multicultural, attracting audiences from around the world.
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Gipsy Kings
French flamenco, salsa, and pop group
This article is about the musical group. For persons with the title Gipsy King, see King of the Gypsies.
Gipsy Kings (originally Los Reyes) are a musical group founded in 1979 in Arles, France. The band, whose members have Catalan heritage,[1] play a blend of Catalan rumba,[1]flamenco, salsa, and pop. They perform mostly in Spanish but also mix in Catalan, French, and languages of southern France, such as Occitan.[2]
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 pop hits.
History
[edit]Beginnings: 1970s–1980s
[edit]In the 1970s, José Reyes and Manitas de Plata were a duo who played rumba fla
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It has been twenty-five years since the Gipsy Kings captured the world’s imagination with their self-titled debut album—a record that became a genuine phenomenon, certified gold and platinum around the globe, introducing millions of listeners to a unique, irresistible blend of traditional flamenco styles with Western pop and Latin rhythms. Since then, the band has toured virtually non-stop, to the farthest-flung corners of the planet, and sold almost twenty million albums, all the while retaining the same line-up of virtuoso musicians.
Now the Gipsy Kings return with SAVOR FLAMENCO, their ninth studio album and first new release in six years. The planerat arbete marks the first time in their storied career that the Kings have produced themselves and written all of the ämne. It also starts a relationship between France’s most successful musical group of all time and a new label, Knitting Factory Records.
“Music has always been a passion,” says lead guitarist Tonino Baliardo. “Even afte