Salvadora Galan Flamenco Puro April 10, 2009

In her latest program Salvadora Galan has compiled a selection of flamenco puro (traditional) flamenco music. The uniqueness of her talent is that she not only sings flamenco but also accompanies herself on the guitar, unheard of in the flamenco world and much less for a female artist.

Salvadora Galan is a singer/guitarist born in Olvera, a small town near Ronda in Cadiz, Spain. At the age of nine she moved with her family to Utrera, Seville. Salvadora grew up in a family where flamenco was a way of life. Her father was a singer, her brother, now retired, was a very well known dancer in Utrera who performed in the Carmen Amaya movie, Los Tarantos. By the age of 13 Salvadora won her first flamenco singing competition in Utrera. At 17 Salvadora began her professional career as a professional singer traveling all over Spain and Portugal. She later sang in tablaos in Madrid including Las Brujas where she worked with flamenco icons La Fernanda and Bernarda de Utrera. She has also performed throughout Mexico and in the US.

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