Pepe Habichuela, flamenco guitar titan, dies
The artist has died at the age of 82 in Madrid. An innovator of the six strings, he was the involuntary patriarch of modern flamenco, especially of the group Ketama, in which his son was a member.
The flamenco guitarist Pepe Habichuela (José Antonio Carmona Carmona) has died at the age of 82 in Madrid, where he lived, after an illness that had kept him away from the stage since the summer of 2024, when he accumulated his last recognitions: tributes at the Noches del Botánico in Madrid, at the Flamenco On Fire festival in Pamplona and Castillete de Oro at the La Unión Festival, among others.
In them, he received unanimous affection and respect that he had earned after a life fully dedicated to art and the instrument he represented, the sonanta, of which he was a living legend.
Medal of Merit in Fine Arts in 2018 and Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X El Sabio this same year, Habichuela's career is rich in experiences and recordings: his playing spans more than half a century and is an exponent of the evolution of the six strings in this time, with relevant technical and harmonic innovations.
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