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The Serrat–Sabina generation: sitting comfortably

Nick Lyne: Spain’s two leading singer songwriters of the last four decades, Joaquín Sabina and Joan Manuel Serrat, are proving enduringly popular, both individually and as a double act.

Looking back over the last 50 years of so of popular music, it’s probably a safe enough conclusion to draw that at least one of the secrets of a performer’s enduring popularity is to be inexorably associated with fast-changing times. For most of us, however banal it might seem to the rest of the world — and we may ourselves not even realise it at the time — there is always a moment in life after which things are never quite the same; a high point or an event, a moment, after which events overtake us; when we grow up and settle down to earning a living, raising... No Comments / Read More »

SPAIN, PORTUGAL, IBERIA AND BEYOND IN SOUND...

From Flamenco to Fado, from classical to rock, Spain, Portugal and Latin America have contributed enormously to world music. Browse the genres, the best-selling artists and the most influential bands in our selection of CDs and MP3 downloads. Offered in association with Amazon.

MUSIC VIEWS & REVIEWS

The Outsiders!

Anthony Steyning: The music of Iberia has the strongest of identities, yet it has absorbed many influences over the decades - and become a powerful influence itself. ... No Comments / Read More »

Wilco’s Spanish honeymoon

Wilco: too good to be true - in Spain at least.

Guy Hedgecoe: When everyone loves your favourite band, you start to hanker for just a little bit of dissent.... No Comments / Read More »

Spanish music mourns passing of Pacheco and Morente

Enrique Morente in action. He added a dazzling array of influences to traditional flamenco.

Nick Lyne: Spain has lost a legendary producer and an iconic flamenco singer in recent weeks. Between them their careers covered everything from ballet to The Smiths.... No Comments / Read More »