Announcing a New EP by Steve Kahn:

Some background...

Flamenco is the music of the Spanish Gypsies. In its art form, it is similar in complexity to Indian or North African music. Flamenco guitar, as an instrument of accompaniment, has evolved into many different styles, like the cante itself -- some particular to an individual, some particular to a town or province in Andalusia.

I play what has become known as the "Morón" style, a very pure, rhythmical style, the maestro of which was the great Diego Amaya Flores del Gastor. Aside from the continuing work of Diego's four guitar-playing nephews, including recording artists Paco del Gastor and Diego Torres Amaya, the style has all but been lost in the midst of modern, technically overwhelming, fusion Flamenco -- what has become known as "world music".

I've played the guitar since I was 16 years old. In 1967 I took a three-month leave of absence from graduate school in New York to live in Spain and study Flamenco -- if it could, indeed, be "studied". Three months grew into two years.

I lived in the small town of Morón de la Frontera, in the province of Sevilla, absorbing Diego's musical genius. I still play the music and find that I am now one of a handful of guitarists around the globe who keep the torch of this uniquely powerful, gypsy style of Flamenco burning.

PRESS

MUSIC

Flamenco de la Frontera
(mp3 files)

CD Credits

MUSIC

Flamenco Entre Amigos
(mp3 files)

NEWS

What Steve's been up to lately...

GUITARS

Photos of and text about
the 1924 Santos Hernandez
and the new 2001 Lester
DeVoe flamenco guitars

LINKS

Informative articles and stories

Fiesta at Anzonini's Farm in Seteníl
A personal anecdote about duende, or being possessed

Flamenco and the Gypsies: Photographs by Steve Kahn
Steve's photographs from 1967-1969

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