Gipsy Kings Gipsy Dsd

The mega-hit album that introduced the general public to the flamenco flavors, ebullient vocals and rushing rhythms of the Gypsies.

The Gipsy Kings are a group of flamenco, salsa and pop musicians from Arles and Montpellier in the south of France, who perform in the Spanish language with an Andalusian accent. Although group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos, Berber-Moroccan and Spanish gypsies who fled Catalonia during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. They are known for bringing Catalan rumba, a pop-oriented music distantly derived from traditional flamenco music, to worldwide audiences. The group originally called itself Los Reyes. Their music has a particular rumba flamenca style, with pop influences; many songs of the Gipsy Kings fit social dances, such as salsa and rumba. Their music has been described as a place where "Spanish flamenco and gypsy rhapsody meet salsa funk".

I have been to two Gipsy Kings concerts and they have to be the best concerts I have ever been to. All of the songs they play at those concerts are on this cd. The Gipsy Kings have an incredible sound that I find it difficult to compare to just about any one else that is more "mainstream". The band is incredible! "Bamboleo" is one of my favorite songs by them. I find this even more amusing when I realize that I do not understand a word they are singing - the translation of it, that is - but I always seem to find myself singing along anyway. This is a wonderful band and if you own nothing by them this is a wonderful introduction.

A CD with famous Gipsy virtuosi flamenco guitarists, playing and singing popular authentic gipsy romantic hits. Enjoy Manitas De Plata, José Manuel Ortega Heredia (aka Manzanita), Gipsy Kongs, Manolo Sanlucar, Jose Reyes and Manolo Caracol (aka Manolo) in 16 wondeful flamenco jewels. A wonderful CD for all flamenco guitar lovers.

Blending French, Spanish, and North American influences, the Gipsy Kings continue to create music that can truly be called universal. Now this chart-topping world music group follows up 1.5 million unit in hits compilation sales with SOMOS GITANOS - their first new studio recording since 1997's COMPAS. The Kings merge the sounds of traditional flamenco with Middle Eastern modalities and Latin rhythms on such tracks as "Poquito A Poco," "Majiwi" and the energized title track. Elsewhere on SOMOS GITANOS, lead guitarist Tonino Baliardo displays his extraordinary technique on the instrumental "Flamenco Aire" and the sun-dappled "Felices Dias." SOOS GITANOS is a long-awaited new effort from a band that has created one of the longest-running sucess stories in adult music of any kind.

Blending French, Spanish, and North American influences, the Gipsy Kings continue to create music that can truly be called universal. Now this chart-topping world music group follows up 1.5 million unit in hits compilation sales with SOMOS GITANOS - their first new studio recording since 1997's COMPAS. The Kings merge the sounds of traditional flamenco with Middle Eastern modalities and Latin rhythms on such tracks as "Poquito A Poco," "Majiwi" and the energized title track. Elsewhere on SOMOS GITANOS, lead guitarist Tonino Baliardo displays his extraordinary technique on the instrumental "Flamenco Aire" and the sun-dappled "Felices Dias." SOOS GITANOS is a long-awaited new effort from a band that has created one of the longest-running sucess stories in adult music of any kind.