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productionenthralling—weaving jazz and help of Javier Limón, a renowned soul into traditional coplas and producer and songwriter prod. dir. PRODUCTO REAL bulerías. Juanes, known for blending genres. This and are also fans. collaboration has resulted in Traffic “I compose and sing sincerely “Nuevo Flamenco,” a style that

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