Son de la Frontera

An inventive flamenco music group having a deep respect for the style’s historical origins, Boy de la Frontera were highly touted by critics upon their 2004 saving debut, garnering significant interest with their usage of the Cuban tres acoustic guitar and their amazing live spectacle like a touring work. Shaped in 1998 in Morón de la Frontera, a city of around 30,000 within the Seville province of Andalusia, Spain, Boy de la Frontera are made up of Raúl Rodríguez (Cuban tres, flamenco acoustic guitar; created in Seville, 1974), Paco de Amparo (flamenco acoustic guitar; Morón de la Frontera, 1969), Manuel Flores (compás, flamenco dance; Morón de la Frontera, 1969), Moi de Morón (performing, compás; Morón de la Frontera, 1977), and Pepe Torres (flamenco dance, compás; Seville, 1978). Influenced by and primarily a tribute to Morón de la Frontera flamenco acoustic guitar tale Diego del Gastor (1908-1973), Boy de la Frontera released their self-titled debut recording in 2004 on Nuevos Medios. Championed by critics internationally, partially due to their unorthodox usage of the Cuban tres inside a flamenco framework, Boy de la Frontera had been granted a Flamenco Hoy reward in 2004, alongside awards for Record of the entire year and Instrumental Record of the entire year from the area of expertise internet site Deflamenco.com, which also awarded the music group Ideal Live Present in 2005. Kid de la Frontera’s second record, Cal (2006), brought house additional critical identification, including another Flamenco Hoy award and an Instrumental Record of the entire year nod from Deflamenco.com, and also a Latin Grammy Prize nomination within the category of Ideal Flamenco Record in 2007 and an area on PopMattters’ TOP World Music Record set of 2007. The acclaim continuing for Kid de la Frontera in 2008 because they brought their live display overseas to NY, California, and London and had been nominated for the honor of Greatest European Group on the annual BBC Music Honours.