Mal de Amores

Jose Luis Figuereo, better known as El Barrio (a name he took in tribute to the Santa Maria neighborhood of Cadiz where he was born), is one of a few artists pushing the borders of flamenco both farther and wider. "My music sounds like flamenco, because I am a flamenco man, but people mustn't get mixed up saying the music I make is flamenco." Influenced by the Andalusian rock scene, El Barrio argues that his musical path is closer to artists like Triana, Alameda, Medina Azahara, and Cai than traditional...