Mario Pacheco obituary

Driving force behind Spain's 'Motown of flamenco' record labelMario Pacheco, who has died of cancer aged 60, founded Nuevos Medios, the pioneering record label that was to Spain's "new flamenco" scene in the 1980s what Motown was to American soul music. Under Pacheco, Nuevos Medios helped many innovative Spanish musicians to break through during the Movida movement that followed Francisco Franco's death in 1975.Born in Madrid, with a grandfather and father who were both involved in cinema, Pache...

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