About Spanish music... ¡y olé!

Hey guys!

This time we're here to write about Spanish music. Perhaps when you read "Spanish music", you imagine something like this:

Or maybe like this?

Well, the flamenco is the most "international" and traditional Spanish music, and the majority of foreign people who come to our country know  it. But the musical culture of Spain goes beyond that! 

In this post, we want to show you that,  as well as the typical Spanish music, we also have examples of musical groups who play almost every musical style. Here we go!

First of all, we're going to tell you about folk music - the characteristic music of each region. 
Each of these types of music has its own dance, instruments and clothes. Among the most important ones, we must remark the muñeira - from the North - the pasodoble, the jota - from all Spain - the copla, the fandango and the flamenco - from the South . 

As we said before, the best known one outside Spain is flamenco, which is popular and  practiced in very far away places,  such as Japan!

But there are also Spanish groups who play other musical genres. For example, there are specialized Spanish artists in pop music. Some of the most famous ones are Pereza, Amaral, El Canto del Loco, Pignoise and La Oreja de Van Gogh.  

There are also indie groups - Los Planetas, Vestusta Morla, Love of Lesbian, or Lori Meyers - and of course, rap groups- Nach, El Chojin, Tote King, Doble V, Shinoflow, Xhelazz ...

Do you want more examples from other genres? There are Spanish artists who play rock music, such as Marea, Extremoduro, Celtas Cortos, Los Suaves or La Fuga.

In harder genres like heavy metal, we find artists like Avalanch, Saratoga, Warcry ...and we also have punk groups like El Último Ke Zierre, Non Servium, Eskorbuto, or Kortatu.

On the other hand,  many Spanish groups  have succeeded beyond our borders, and not singing flamenco! So I'm not talking about Los Del Río or Enrique Iglesias, but about groups like Ska-P or Héroes del Silencio.

Finally, some Spanish artists have dared to sing in English. I'm talking about Russian Red, Love Of Lesbian, Waiting for Sunset, Carlos Jean, Dover, or Trust Nothing  (that last one is actually from León!) - And many others. Check it out!

That's all! Did you guys know any of these groups? What do you think of our music? Which bands and styles do you like?

Leave us a comment and tell us about it!
See you! :)