Spain is the birthplace of flamenco. But in recent years, a new generation of flamenco artists has been shaking it up. One new iteration is called urban flamenco.

It's the traditional rhythm... with street smarts. Listen to singer and dancer La Shica, and you'll hear what I mean.

La Shica grew up in Ceuta -- the Spanish enclave in North Africa. As a teenager, she headed to Madrid to study flamenco at a top dance school.

Then, she joined the troupe of a world renowned flamenco dancer. Through an interpreter, La Shica told us that mastering the fundamentals of flamenco gave her the confidence to then create her own style.

La Shica: "She said she's been working in the flamenco world since she was 17 and she started with classical flamenco, but she developed and this is her. She doesn't feel anymore comfortable with the traditional flamenco style, with the dresses and everything. And so, she has done the flamenco that's her own. This urban flamenco with short hair and golden tapping shoes."

At one recent show, La Shica sported a slinky black shift decorated with the glitter-embossed logo of heavy-metal band AC/DC.

And where most flamenco performances occur in an intimate room for a smallish audience, La Shica's shows are more like rock concerts.

She's got smoke machines, elaborate lighting, and backing singers who also dance. In Spain, there are plenty of critics who believe that La Shica's music has little to do with flamenco.

But given La Shica's punk attitude, she'd probably just shrug that criticism off.

The music of Spain's La Shica closes out our show today.