GRAHAM McDONALD
PACO Lara is a flamenco guitarist from Andalusia in Southern Spain who has had a 30-year career playing flamenco music.
In recent years he has moved to Australia with Newcastle as his home. This was a one concert in a short tour to promote the release of a new CD “The Andalusian Guitar”.
Lara is not a flamenco purist, though he can certainly play in the “flamenco puro” style when he wants to. He has been part of the more adventurous Flamenco Fusion movement for the past couple of decades, which blends flamenco with other musical styles such as jazz and contemporary pop music. At its worst this can end up as elevator music, although when it works it can be magnificently entertaining.