The Gipsy Kings are a globally popular world music band favored by fans and officionados of modern trends in music fusion. Such trends hint that King’s popularity is rooted in more than just their sensational sound. Their music that definitively weds two distinctive genres.
The famed Gipsy Kings are a global sensation as a result of their 1987 self-titled debut album which broadly introduced the world to rumba gitano – the sound of Cuban music son married to flemish guitars. This union gave birth to a contemporary style well-suited for dancing.
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