Concha Buika, a nominee for this year's Latin Grammy Album of the Year, is a black flamenco singer from Spain whose voice has been described as "sultry," "sonorous" and "achingly beautiful." Buika's ...
Strangely, for a woman with such a unique singing style, Concha Buika’s voice is not her most difficult feature to convey in print. It’s her laugh. Deep and dirty, sonorous and soulful, it ebbs and ...
The Review: Afro-Spanish flamenco fusion queen Concha Buika truly shook the dust off of downtown’s historic Gusman Center last Thursday night. Her passionate performance had the full house laughing, ...
The music business is full of unlikely and fantastical tales of artists who rise from humble origins to international success, but there’s nothing quite like Concha Buika’s sojourn from Central ...
No one can deny the Spanish singer's smoky brilliance – but tonight's performance was by turns mesmerising and messy Born in Spain to West African parents, Concha Buika started out on the flamenco ...
Spanish flamenco singer Concha Buika says the key to her music is singing with a "beautiful idea" and "really big desire." Born on the Spanish island of Majorca to parents who fled their home in ...
Concha Buika’s achingly beautiful voice is as intense as her chaotic upbringing. ‘I’m not scared to sing about my experiences, and my life and all that,” says the daughter of African immigrants, born ...
Buika has been a sensation in Spain since her album, “Mi Nina Lola,” came out in 2005. She is part of a new generation of flamenco influenced performers who are hooking young audiences by mixing in ...
Sad love, crazy love, bad love, joyful love, life-or-death love: Those were what Concha Buika sang about in her magnificent New York City debut recently at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. While the ...
The last time Concha Buika performed in New York, she was a practically unknown flamenco singer who managed to nearly fill the opera house at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for her city debut. The ...
Raised in Majorca, Spain, the vocalist Concha Buika traffics in a bewitching blend of flamenco, jazz and soul with a burnished quality reminiscent of the late Lhasa de Sela. A Latin Grammy winner, ...