In her own family, a veritable flamenco dynasty, they call her the nightingale. For her part, "heartfelt" is how flamenco singer Estrella Morente, who takes the Zellerbach stage as part of the Cal ...

Now at 33, she leads the next generation of flamenco singers in Spain, with passionate bursts, smoky intonations and wiry, fluid dancing. When her father died while collaborating and helping record ...

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Within Spain, last year's big flamenco event was the astonishing debut by singer ESTRELLA MORENTE. Now issued worldwide, "MY SONGS AND A PoeM" is the work of a legendary singer's daughter, who's ...

Estrella Morente's performance last Monday at Sadler's Wells in Islington, London, was historic. Estrella, which means star in Spanish, is the heir of a great dynasty of flamenco singers. However ...

One of Spain’s top flamenco singers, Enrique Morente, has died. He was 67. Madrid’s La Luz Hospital said Morente died on Monday but did not specify the cause. The hospital said in a statement that ...

Morente has a long record despite her young age - she’s only 30 - and was Penélope Cruz’s singing voice in the 2006 Almodóvar film Volver. A past visitor to Sadler's Wells, she is the child of ...

Enrique Morente, one of the world’s most celebrated flamenco singers, whose work embraced both traditional styles and contemporary influences as diverse as George Gershwin and Leonard Cohen, died on ...

FOR someone of only 21, Estrella Morente certainly knows how to sweep into a room. Tall and slender, crinkly hair pulled back from strong aquiline features, she has the air both of the grande dame - ...

Estrella Morente is arguably best-known outside Spain as the voice double for Penélope Cruz’s songs in the Pedro Almodóvar film Volver. Opening this year’s Flamenco Festival at Sadler’s Wells, she ...

Spanish eyes are on heir to flamenco royalty as he launches solo career By Judy Cantor-Navas José Enrique Morente remembers flamenco as being “like food” when he was growing up. The 26-year-old singer ...