Marcha

Spanish “rumba flamenco” describes the music this trio produces. If you know who the Gypsy Kings are, these guys sound like a truer rendition of the Spanish gypsy sound than that which the Gypsy Kings produce. That’s not in any way to say the Gypsy Kings sound isn’t good, it’s just more poppy and produced in a slicker fashion than this Spanish trio. Los Chunguitos, hailing from Vallecas in Madrid, are gritty performers, with tight hooks, excellent guitars, snazzy backing horns, traditional hand clapping and raspy, harmonious voices. Their lyrics tend to touch on love, poverty and misfortune, but those same lyrics are redeeming and inspiring on this 1993 release. Here is a sampling of their sound.