Over the years the Gipsy Kings, whose members hail from the gypsy settlements in Arles and Montpelier in the south of France, have included singers and guitarists from the Reyes and Baliardo families.

In the 1980s, when hair metal and synthesizers were riding high on the charts, about the last thing you would imagine breaking through would be flamenco music. Against all odds, Gipsy Kings managed to ...