Biography
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Gipsy Kings
22 follower
Origin :
Arles, Provence, France
Genres :
Rumba flamenca
Pop
Labels :
Elektra
Nonesuch
Columbia
SME Records
Years active :
1978–present
Members :
Nicolas Reyes
Tonino Baliardo
Past members :
Canut Reyes
Website :
www
The Gipsy Kings are a group of musicians from Arles and Montpellier in the south of France who perform in Spanish with an Andalusian accent.
Although group members were born in France, their parents were mostly gitanos, 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".
