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Víctor Manuel San (Mieres, 1947) is one of the most popular voices of author songs in Spanish, with a career that spans more than five decades and has managed to cross genres, borders and themes, always with an outstanding social commitment. and politician who made him an icon of the Spanish transition. From its beginnings, in the sixties, to the present, albums such as “I want to hug you so much” (1970), “I am a heart lying in the sun” (1978), “The knife thrower” (1984) and “A donde” stand out. the kisses will go” (1993), along with the celebrated live works, often in the company of his partner, the singer and actress Ana Belén, “Vivir para canto lo” (1999) or “50 years is nothing” (2014) .
Chus Pedro (El Entrego, 1955) has developed a musical career closely linked to the group “Nuberu”, which he founded together with Manolo Peñayos in 1976. With this formation, Chus Pedro became an iconic figure in the defense of culture and Asturian language and a pioneer in the renewal of Asturian folk, with such notable works as “Asturies,yeri y güei” (1978), “Atiendi, Asturies” (1980) or “Agua de la fonte Clara” (1993). His voice, his way of singing, his connection to his own lyrical tradition, have made him, beyond “Nuberu”, a key figure in contemporary Asturian culture.
Francisco Martínez was born in Mexico in 1963 and in his youth in Gijón, where the family moved, he became Paco Loco, forming with Carlos Redondo one of the most popular regional pop-rock bands of the eighties “Los Locos”. group considered today a cult formation on the national scene. From his work as a guitarist in that group, Paco Loco soon jumped into the field of production, with a studio in Gijón Odds, which in the mid-nineties he would move to Puerto de Santa María, where he remains established today. His recordings were responsible for the boom of the Xixón Sound, first, and for the development of the independent scene in Spain. Of the more than 800 bands it has produced, names such as “The Hinds”, “Posies”, Mikel Erentxun, Bunbury, “Australian Blonde”, “Manta Ray” can be highlighted…
The musician from Gijón Nacho Vegas (1974) is one of the great innovators of author songs in Spain in recent decades. Coming from the incipient “noise” scene of the Xixón Sound era, first as “Eliminator Jr” and later with “Manta Ray”, at the turn of the century he began to compose and sing in Spanish and Asturian and began a very marked personal career by the aesthetics of independent music voices such as Nick Cave, Townes Van Zandt, Dylan. “Inexplicable Acts” (2001) and the double “Music Boxes Difficult to Stop” (2003) would be the first works of a career that, starting with “The Dirty Zone” (2011), would add an explicit and militant anti-capitalist political commitment. A cult figure on the national independent scene, his work also receives great support on the American continent, especially in Mexico and Argentina.
The Langrean Marisa Valle Roso (1987) began in the world of Asturian tunes, a genre in which she stood out in competitions from a very young age and with which she took her first steps in record publishing. Between 2015 and 2017, her career changed, incorporating authors such as Chavela Vargas, Dulce Pontes, Violeta Parra, Mercedes Sosa into her repertoire… All this new musical life was captured in the album “Consciente” (2017) which would be followed by “Lo fugaz”. ” (2022). Her vocal qualities and expressive capacity have made her one of the most promising singers on the national scene, sponsored and respected by musicians like Víctor Manuel himself.
The Aviles musician Rubén Bada is one of the most sought-after performers within the Asturian folk scene and with international projection. A multi-instrumentalist known best for his work with the violin, guitar and bouzouki, he began playing when he was 14 years old. Among the long list of formations through which he passed, the groups “Xéliba”, “Corquieu”, “N'Arba” and “Dixebra” stand out. He has collaborated with the Irish “At First Light”, Barry Kerr and the piper John McSherry and is currently one of the members of Rodrigo Cuevas' band. Together with Leticia Baselgas he founded the post-folk duo “LR” where he offers a reinterpretation of traditional languages through the lens of more alternative author rock.
The singer and tambourine player Leticia González (Baselgas, Grao) has a degree in Fine Arts and has developed a musical career closely linked to her career as an artist. He has also been part of various ethnographic and traditional culture research groups, among which the Vezos Astures Traditional Culture Council stands out, and has been a member of groups such as “Menaxatruá” or “Trovando Trío”. Since 2018 he has been an artistic couple with Rubén Bada in “LR”, recognized by critics as one of the best exponents of the latest renewal of Asturian folk. From that post-folk side, they have already released three albums, their debut in 2018 and the works “NOS” (2021) and “VOS” (2024).
The Albacete musician Joaquín Pascual (1964) is one of the most unique creators of the national alternative scene, possessor of a singular voice and a unique atmosphere in his texts. A member of the essential “Surfin' Bichos”, he later launched “Mercromina” and the personal project “Travolta”. Solo, and under the name Joaquín Pascual, he already has eight albums, among which “La Frontera” (2012) or his latest “Baladas para un atraco” (2023) stand out.
