Flamenco Websites

The best way to develop a feel for flamenco music and rhythm is to listen to a lot of good flamenco. While it used to be difficult to find good flamenco recordings, this no longer the case, thanks to the World Wide Web. There are several websites from which you can order a wide variety of flamenco CDs and videos. In addition, Tower Records often has a fairly good selection of flamenco CDs. Here are some useful websites - note that shipping tends to be more expensive and takes longer from Spanish sites.

Dan Zeff, based in the LA Area, imports flamenco and classical guitars. However, he also has a good range of flamenco CDs and videos.

http://www.flamencoconnection.com

Flamenco Connection, in Falls Church, Virginia, has a very large selection of flamenco CDs, videos, and books.

http://www.flamenco-world.com

This is probably the largest and most useful site for flamenco news and products on the internet. It has a very large selection of CDs, arranged in a number of categories. The CDs usually have RealAudio samples. I often use this as a place to gather information and sample artists before deciding which CDs to order. The site is in Spanish and English and includes interesting articles and interviews, as well as an on-line encyclopedia of flamenco artists.

http://www.elflamencovive.com

This is the website of the popular Madrid flamenco store - you can order CDs, videos, books, sheet music, dance consumes, guitars - anything flamenco - in Spanish only.

http://www.zambra.com

Based in Barcelona, this site offers a large range of CDs (including titles that are hard to find elsewhere) and videos. It also features interesting articles and interviews - in Spanish and English.

http://deflamenco.com

Another excellent on-line magazine and store – based in Madrid; available in Spanish and English

http://caf.cica.es/flamenco

The website of the Centro Andaluz de Flamenco - a flamenco research organization in Jerez de la Frontera. It includes databases on flamenco recordings, the on-line journal Alboreá , and most interestingly, a large selection of historic recordings in MP3 format. Follow the Producciones link, and then the Ediciones discográficas link. In Spanish only.

http://www.andalucia.org/flamenco

This a great site with lots of free on-line information. Particularly nice is that it has sound samples of almost every flamenco form imaginable (lots of styles of many of the forms). A great resource for learning the forms. You can chose your language – Spanish, English, French, German, Japanese, or Chinese (the English translation isn’t great).