La Shica

An alternative flamenco act from Madrid based around vocalist and dancer Elsa Rovayo, La Shica performs a style of music derived from flamenco as well as copla that incorporates aspects of both hip-hop and pop. Born in Ceuta, an autonomous city on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, just east of the Strait of Gibraltar, Rovayo moved to Madrid at age 15 to train as a bailaora (i.e., flamenco dancer). Though she worked for years as a dancer in the tablaos of the capital city, she also harbored singing ambitions. Ultimately, she met and befriended fellow tablao performer Fernando d...