José Luis Encinas

José Luis Encinas (born 1966 in Palencia, Spain) is a guitarist. But his family settled in the Spanish Salamanca.

He began playing the guitar at age 13. In 1997 he released his debut album titled Duende, this album was a gold record in Spain, and was published in the United States by the label Narada Records. Over 100,000 copies of the record were sold.

Studio albums

 * Duende (1997)
 * Aurora (1999)
 * Remolino (2000)
 * Guitarra Romántica (2001)
 * Travesura (2003)
 * Guitarras en Shanghai (2004)
 * La Herida Lenta (2006)
 * Guitarras y Lobos (2010); CD and DVD
 * El lenguaje de los árboles (2019)

Other compilation appearances

 * Gypsy Soul: New Flamenco (1998) (Narada)
 * Obsession: New Flamenco Romance (1999) (Narada)
 * Global Transmissions (2000) (Narada)
 * Gypsy Fire (2000) (Narada)
 * Tabu: Mondo Flamenco (2001) (Narada)
 * Best of Narada New Flamenco Guitar (2003) (Narada)
 * Barcelona: Music Celebrating the Flavors of the World (2004) (Williams Sonoma)
 * The World of the Spanish Guitar Vol. 1 (2011) (Higher Octave Music)