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  "slug": "camaron-de-la-isla",
  "name": "Camarón de la Isla",
  "description": "Camarón de la Isla appears 2 times in our Flamenco list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/camaron-de-la-isla/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1979,
    "last": 1981
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 2,
    "list": "Flamenco"
  },
  "appearsOn": [
    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "flamenco",
      "name": "Flamenco",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/flamenco/",
      "entries": 2
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "camaron-de-la-isla--la-leyenda-del-tiempo",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/camaron-de-la-isla--la-leyenda-del-tiempo/",
      "title": "La Leyenda del Tiempo",
      "year": 1979,
      "label": "Philips",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Lorca's words, an electric bass, a sitar, and purists burning the record in the street. Flamenco's most consequential act of vandalism, by the greatest singer it produced.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Camar%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20Isla%20La%20Leyenda%20del%20Tiempo",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=0usfxEYijXY",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 2,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "flamenco",
        "name": "Flamenco",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/flamenco/"
      },
      "artist": "Camarón de la Isla"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "camaron-de-la-isla--como-el-agua",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/camaron-de-la-isla--como-el-agua/",
      "title": "Como el Agua",
      "year": 1981,
      "label": "Philips",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Camarón and Paco de Lucía at the height of a partnership that reorganised the whole art. A voice with sand in it against the cleanest guitar in Spain.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Camar%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20Isla%20Como%20el%20Agua",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=WEkvtUB07BI",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 3,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "flamenco",
        "name": "Flamenco",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/flamenco/"
      },
      "artist": "Camarón de la Isla"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}