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Share Let’s keep this first Friday tradition going with another night of authentic flamenco at BAR FERDINAND! Featuring… Anna Rubio, baile Antonia Cruz Arias, cante Tito Rubio, toque Kelsey Burns, baile…with special guest guitarist Alejandro Pais Iriart!! Originally from Argentina, Alejandro is currently based in New Mexico and specializes in accompanying cante and baile all over the US. Don’t miss three sets at...

Flamenco guitarist Hipolito (Tito) Rubio was born in 1954 in Monsagro, Spain, a small village in western Salamanca, about thirty miles from the border with Portugal. He remembers seeing his grandfather playing the tamborin (drum) and flute in town processions, as well as playing castanets and dancing the jota, a regional traditional dance. He also remembers hearing brass bands, attending fiestas, and playing with gypsy children when he was...