Singer and songwriter Joaqun Sabina was born in beda Spain in February 12 1949 At the age of 14 Sabina started writing poems getting connected with music as a member of a teenagers rockabilly band called Merry Youngs Sabinas poetry and music skills w…

Performer of a music style known as Canto Nuevo or Nueva Trova Luis Eduardo Aute has been an artist in many different ways It was in 1954 when Aute moved to Spain after spending his childhood in the Philippines Deciding to become an artist Luis Eduar…

Bebe emerged from near-obscurity in 2005 to become the most talked-about Latin artist in America after she was awarded a shocking five Latin Grammy nominations to become far and away the years most nominated act The Spanish singersongwriter from Vale…

Spanish singersongwriter Vctor Manuel made his debut while singing Joselitos La Campanera at a school party being introduced as San Jos In 1962 the young artist joined a band called San Jos y Bossa Nova taking vocalization and piano lessons soon afte…

The tender balladry offsets the hard-edged politically slanted lyrics of Silvio Rodriguez A spearhead of the nueva trova new ballad style of nueva cancion new song Rodriguez masterfully blends romantic tunes with protest material condemning colonizat…

Spanish pop duet Estopa formed by brothers Jos and David Muoz made an impressive debut with the release of their self-titled debut album released by BMG-Ariola The group became a top-selling act in less than a year Playing a mixture of flamencopop an…

Techno-pop band from Spain Mecano was formed in the early 80s by brothers Nacho and Jos Mara Cano who were joined by singer Ana Torroja While Spanish New Wave known as Movida Madrilea was at its highest level of popularity Mecano burst into the local…

Talented and hardworking Spanish singer who started her music career in a rock band called los Fannys After studying music and being seduced by opera Luz Casal made her first professional work as a chorus girl in a Juan Pardos live performance In 198…

Former drummer Eva Amaral and ex-Dias de Vino y Rosas Juan Aguirre met in their native Zaragoza before moving to Madrid in 1997 making a self-titled debut album that featured their first hit single Rosita Combining Latin rhythms and rock Amaral retur…

When Spanish vocalist Nino Bravo born Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis died in an automobile accident on April1 6 1973 the world lost one of its greatest romantic balladeers Bravo had been attracting acclaim since 1959 when he sang with the youthful pop grou…

Spanish singersongwriter Ismael Serrano was born in the early 70s studying solfa and piano at a young age Influenced by a Latin style known as Nueva Trova the artist started composing as a teenager adding music to the work of prominent poets In 1994 …

Spanish singersongwriter Jos Luis Perales started getting involved in music at a very young age playing lute and composing for the first time at the age of 16 While living in Sevilla attending electronic classes at Universidad Laboral Jos Luis Perale…

Along with Silvio Rodriguez Pablo Milans was one of the crucial figures in Cubas nueva trova popular-song movement of the late 60s sponsored by Fidel Castros government the collective of nueva trova musicians were essentially supposed to reconfigure …

The Latin rock group Jarabe de Palo strictly translated as wood syrup in English was formed in Barcelona in the early 90s by vocalist and guitarist Pau Dons with guitarist Jordi Mena drummer Alex Tenas percussionist Dani Forcada and bassist Joan Gen …

Spanish star Camilo Sesto started his music career while playing in a band called Los Botines mostly influenced by the Beatles After meeting producer Juan Pardo the artist decided to go on his own releasing his first record getting the hit songs Fres…