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Carmen Pacheco Rodríguez, born in Linares (Jaén) in 1951, is without doubt a fundamental pillar of all current flamenco singing, she masters a vast repertoire of flamenco styles due to her long experience. Her enormous versatility has allowed her to take part in zarzuelas (a Spanish form of musical drama), plays and several projects involving classical musicians and musicans from the world of jazz. Out of her works, the recording of an anthology of female flamenco singing is the one which stands out.

She does not have any predecessors in her family involved in flamenco music; only her father, Antonio Pacheco, who used to play guitar as a hobby. Nonetheless, Carmen Linares used to sing in intimate gatherings since she was a child, and when she arrived in Madrid she introduced herself into the world of professionals. She started her artistic trajectory in the dance companies of Paco Romero and Carmen Mora. She made her first record with Juan Habichuela, as a protegé of Fosforito, and she cut her teeth in the capital’s best tablaos. In Torres Bermejas, she shared the stage with Camarón, Perla de Cádiz, El Güito, José Mercé and Paco Cepero. At that time, the TVE (the Spanish public broadcasting company) television series Rito y geografía del flamenco presented her as one of the genre’s quality young artists. She toured Japan with Merche Esmeralda, El Chaquetón, Luis Habichuela and Paco Antequera, and when she returned to Madrid, she joined the Café de Chinitas, with Enrique Morente, Carmen Mora, Manzanita and Tomás de Madrid.
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  • Septacle

    cannot find the words to talk about it

    April 2011

  • Mart1n_O

    nice

    February 2011

  • attilaj

    You love good flamenco players ? Go and see JUAN DE LERIDA home's page and listen to his free preview plays: Really fabulous guitarist !....

    April 2009

  • josusexyman

    Canta con la voz del corazón... ¡Hermosa!

    April 2009

  • youaretheone

    ...y nosotros nos iremos...y se quedara la voz de CARMEN LINARES sonando...desde Jaén a Tokyo pasando por Sao Paulo...entrañable esta mujer :)

    February 2009

  • TinyPliny

    Isn't her name spelled Carmén Linares? The accent marks are messing up scrobbled tracks for many artists. Another example is María Dolores Pradera. Hope this is fixed in some future release of last.fm.

    August 2008

  • _liz

    <3

    May 2008

  • gingerweir

    I'm getting on a plane!

    August 2007
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