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Radio 3,25 mins

A Brief History of Fado and Flamenco

The Early Music Show

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Elizabeth Kinder explores the history of Spain and Portugal's most famous musical exports, flamenco and fado, and its distant connection to Moorish Iberia, 'Al-Andalus'.

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