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Music

The Spanish love music and not just traditional flamenco or sevillanas. You can listen to live music in a lot of places and the right emotion usually is more important than it being sung perfectly. In the hit parades there are English songs as well as Spanish songs. South-American songs - by the way - are much easier to understand than Andalusian.

There’s a huge variety in style, from the traditional Andalusian music with its Arabic intonation (like in flamenco), to pop-music, salsa, rumba, rap, rock and reggaeton (Spanish disco music with a very strong beat). A lot of styles are more or less mixed and this can give an interesting variety.

If you search the internet you can find live streaming radio. For example Canal Fiesta has a nice mixture of songs and Radio Olé is completely traditional Andalusian. You can see the charts if you have a look at www.los40.com

Click here for a list of radio stations in Nerja and the Malaga province (with internet emission).

This is a list of artists that are popular on the radio.

Algiva
Quite traditional melancholic music with the typical Arabic Andalusian sound.

Chambao
Andalusian loungy flamenco chill music with Arabic influences. Very popular and the music was used in the European promotional campaign for Spain.

Juanes
Popular Colombian singer with cheerful pop songs.

José Mercé
Famous raw flamenco singer

Andy & Lucas
Duo from Cadiz which are often to be found in the charts.

Haze
Spanish rap from Seville with strong flamenco influences which makes a really interesting combination.

Rosario
Popular Andalucian female singer with nice and sweet rumba songs.

Estopa
Alternative pop-music with influences of rock and reggae.

Several
Enrique Iglesias (the son of...), Shakira (from Colombia), Oreja de Van Gogh, Kiko & Sara, Jarabe de Palo, David Bisbal (winner of the Spanish idols), Diego Martin, Melendi, Pastora Soler, Amaral, Luis Fonsi.