From the moment Spanish flamenco songstress Concha Buika sauntered onto the stage at Old Town School on Saturday, audience members knew something otherwordly was about to take place. Buika's white ...

In the ’60s and ’70s danceable jazz-pop in foreign languages made American radio more exciting: Jorge Ben’s “Mas Que Nada” charted when recorded by Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66; it was followed by ...

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 ...

The Spanish singer digs deep on an album that functions as a near-perfect statement of artistic purpose. Buika's dark, husky, intriguing voice... First Listen: Buika, 'La Noche Más Larga' Audio for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Growing up in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, as the daughter of Equatorial Guinea immigrants, Concha Buika had a hard time understanding the world around her. “It was really strange to go in a supermarket ...

It’s not surprising that the Afro-Spanish singer Concha Buika is a favorite of the filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. Her husky handling of the copla, a Spanish torch song with flamenco flourishes, and… By ...

It’s not every day that a featured player outshines a star. One such Cinderella moment happened just five months ago, on no less storied a stage than Carnegie Hall. And it involved not just a star, ...

Concha Buika ravishes with her singing voice, but even in spoken conversation, the sweetly rasping flamenco singer provokes goosebumps, pouring out her ideas in poetic cadences. Her artististic ...

Afro-Spanish singer Concha Buika started out as a drummer but found that no one in Spain wanted a female drummer so she switched to singing. She deploys her smoky voice in everything from flamenco and ...