Kosmo Kings

Kosmo Kings

Kosmo Kings are a dance, flamenco, flamenco pop, folk, latin and rumba group from Arles, France. The band is active from 1978 to the present and includes Jacques “Paco” Baliardo, Maurice “Diego” Baliardo, Tonino Baliardo, Jahloul “Chico” Bouchikhi, Marc Chantereau, Dominique Perrier, Gérard Prévost, André Reyes, Canut Reyes, Nicolas Reyes, Patchaï Reyes, Paul “Pablo” Reyes, El Rumbero and Claude Salmiéri.

The group’s line-up and musical style place it within a broad Mediterranean and Latin-influenced tradition, with flamenco and rumba as central elements, alongside related pop and folk forms.