NPR Music: Pepe Romero and the Art of the Spanish Guitar

In a strange world renowned for its prima donnas and gnarly characters, I continue to be surprised by a fairly consistent truth: The greatest artists are, generally, the most humble and unaffected. Today, many of the world’s most commercially successful musicians are deflective about playing a live gig on radio. They’d rather not, because… they don’t have to.

Pepe Romero is a scion of the supreme “Royal Family” of the Spanish guitar. Yet, as an artist, he is both humble and generous. The opportunity to have a casual visit and share the memories and music that was (and still is) important to his family was an honor. He is, truly, a Gentilhombre, though not the same one for whom Rodrigo wrote and named his famous concerto. (That was Segovia.)”*

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