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The 2023 Cruïlla Festival was marked by its quality and diversity with a line-up aimed at veteran music enthusiasts, with artists like Rubén Blades, The Offspring, Franz Ferdinand or Placebo, and with new artists for a younger audience, such as Nicki Nicole, Sen Senra or Rusowsky. All of this without neglecting the lesser-known but high-quality bands, such as Peces Raros, who gave a great opening performance on Friday on the main stage.
As in almost all areas of life, in the world of music there are also freaks. If you look in the dictionary, you will find that a freak (or geek) is someone with strange or extravagant behaviour or appearance, but also someone who is very fond of a certain activity or who practises it with passion. If you have come this far, you might be one of them. If you have doubts and need a point of reference, in this article we will present a number of curious cases.
Commissioned and inspired by the image of Jimi Hendrix in 1970, New York's Electric Lady Studios have been a hotbed of inspiration and creativity for leading artists such as AC/DC, Stevie Wonder, Patti Smith, Kiss and David Bowie. The Studios retain their vital importance today, and not only for what we might consider rock, as these classic Greenwich Village studios have also hosted Rosalía, Daft Punk, Taylor Swift and Clairo.
For better or worse, mobile phones have now become an inseparable part of our lives. They provide us with information and entertainment, and we also use them for numerous activities in our daily lives. There are numerous applications for almost anything imaginable, and of course, music is no exception. So, if you're a musiclover, and we know you are, and you have a smartphone, and we know you have one, you're in luck. In this article, we will explore some of the most interesting apps we have found. There is everything from music players to tools for learning and creating music.
There are few instruments are as popular as the guitar. From Francisco Tarrega to Paco de Lucía, Eric Clapton and Joe Satriani, the guitar is both a vehicle for the highest artistic expression, and an essential part of the fun at parties on the beach or at your neighbours' house. Everyone has seen one, everyone knows someone who has one (and even someone who knows how to play it), and that, to a large extent is the fault of Spain, the cradle of the Spanish guitar.
Welcome to our library! To help you to delve into the history of Spanish popular music we recommend 8 books that you may not have read. Fortunately the list of books that deal with this topic is long, so we will try to combine different points of view. From purely bibliographical, documentary resources to stories narrated in the first person.
Next Friday, September 22, a new edition of the Jardín de las Delicias Festival arrives in Madrid with incredible bands like Vetusta Morla, Dorian or Melendi. We understand that you do not want to wait, and that is why for the second consecutive year the organisation has started for an expanded tour throughout Spain with a first stop in Seville this coming Saturday, 3 June. Write it down in your diary!
This year, Endesa will accompany the Mallorca Live Festival on the path to sustainability, a horizon that today it is essential to address. In fact, it is vital. This objective involved measures aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the event as much as possible. Endesa also put its name to a stage on which local and emerging talent took centre stage right from the start.
This year we have become part of the Mallorca Live Festival family as a sustainable sponsor and we could not be more excited. From 18 to 20 May, the Antiguo Aquapark Calvià will be the venue for one of the summer's musical events and we would like to introduce you one by one to the bands and artists that will be performing over the weekend on the Endesa stage.
Music and sustainability will go hand in hand with Endesa as the link on 18, 19 and 20 May at the Mallorca Live Festival. This year, Endesa has joined this project as a Sustainable Sponsor, and we are not only bringing together the best Spanish and international artists like The Kooks, Black Eyed Peas, The Chemical Brothers, Vetusta Morla and Quevedo, it is all happening in one of the most spectacular venues, with an extraordinary blend of nature culture and gastronomy.
In this room, vibrating in tune with the music is a must. With this in mind, we propose seven feature films based on the lives of different musicians or that have music as the guiding theme. From traditional biopics like, 'Walk the Line', which depicted the story of Johnny Cash, or 'The Runaways'; to fictions like 'The Blues Brothers' and 'Habana Blues', that saw the leading characters pursuing a career in music.
Abbey Road Studios is one of the most iconic venues in music history. In operation since 1931, its history runs in parallel with that of the culture of the twentieth century. It has witnessed the creation of great records, but also significant technological advances in the field of music recording.
Probably no guitarist or bass guitarist keeps track of the strings he/she has broken since he/she started playing, but the truth is that each of those that has gone to waste, is a missed opportunity to give it a second life. There are numerous possibilities for this, but in today's article we will focus on jewellery.
Since 2008, one Saturday in April has been designated to support and celebrate independent record stores. Those strongholds and trustworthy venues where the physical format is most highly valued and therefore the music itself. They are the heart of the music industry and there is one common feature that fortunately never fails: Record shops are only as valuable as the people behind them, committed to their way of seeing the world in a business in constant transformation.
Understanding this musical trend can be a challenge for anyone passionate about non-Generation Z music. Expressions like "bedroom pop" have gained unprecedented strength in recent years, and have probably overtaken some people on the blind side while giving wings to a whole new generation of artists eager to express themselves in their own way, with their own codes and with the means at their disposal (however scarce they may be).
Nobody has been thinking about this scenario since the 1990s, but here we are in 2022 with the turnover of sales of vinyl records exceeding those of CDs. The increase in demand poses a challenge for the environment that some have decided to try and meet, to continue promoting a format that refuses to disappear.
The world of the podcast is really swinging and there are more and more programmes specialising in more and more types of content. Here in Music Lover, what interests us is music, so we have selected some of the music we like from those who offer this type of content in Spanish. There is music of all types and for all tastes: Pop, rock, urban and classical music. Here we go!
We love documentaries about music. They tell us about the work of our favourite artists from different standpoints: They help us understand their songs better through the social-cultural context in which they were created, see how they play the songs live, or hear in their own words where they found the inspiration to compose them.
Musical instruments made from recycled components are a creative way of re-using materials and reducing the environmental impact. In this article we will learn about a number of initiatives to use all kinds of recycled elements to build a really popular instrument: A guitar.
The importance of music in films and television series is not something new, but it is never inconsequential. Whether through original compositions or using songs by other artists, it is common to discover new music to enjoy remembering the good (or bad) times spent with your favourite characters.
Here at Music Lover we firmly believe that music and sustainability should go hand in hand. Therefore, we are going to dedicate this article to the most sustainable bands of all, those that only have one musician, also known as 'one man bands'. Spoiler alert: There is more than one freak.
If you are reading this article, there is a good chance you are interested in music and sustainability. The music industry is also no stranger to the need to be more sustainable, both fro0m an economical and a philosophical point of view. Of course, recording studios are no exception.
The relationship between music and AI is getting closer. What now seems to be on the point of revolutionising the music industry is something that has been with for years in the form of algorithms. This technology is developing to the point where it can sometimes be as disturbing as it is surprising.
With these words Coti ended his performance at halftime during the second semi-final of the Basketball "Copa del Rey". Here in Music Lover we could not agree more, music is a wonderful way of bringing people together, just like basketball. Here is a chronicle of four unforgettable days in Badalona.
The box with two keys that guards the anecdotes that join music and basketball is full of stories. Here are some of the juicy ones. Prince basketball player? Is one of the polaroid photos from Pearl Jam's 'No Code' one of Dennis Rodman's eyes? Quite right, read on.
Badalona will host the 2023 basketball "Copa del Rey" from 16 to 19 February. Endesa Music Lover and Jardín de las Delicias will be right there in the fan zone opposite the Palau Olímpic with the best music by DJs Jardín, and live performances by 31FAM, Coti, DJ Nano and Aina Da Silva.
The Tour's fifth stop makes Barcelona shine more brightly than ever with today's best artists
This musical has arrived in Madrid and pays homage to the King of Pop by taking a vibrant journey through his life and musical successes
The Jardín de las Delicias Festival is now an unmissable event in the Madrid and national scenes to welcome the new season.
Endesa is committed to the integration of sustainability in society as a whole, especially in the world of events and culture
Last Thursday 30 June, Madrid enjoyed the best music and atmosphere at the concert organised by the Endesa-Jardín de las Delícias Tour that was held in Florida Park.
The fourth stop on the tour will have plenty of music and good vibes, with popular artists like the band Veintinuno and the DJ Mickey Pavón.
Until recently, San Viator, a school in Madrid, boasted that it had produced two great champions in Spanish basketball: José Antonio Corbalán and Carlos Jiménez. We are sure that they are now proud to have had as a former pupil C. Tangana, a great rapper and a phenomenon of Spanish music.
Our aim is to channel a passion that defines us and to be a point of reference for music lovers like us, and for a decade now, basketball lovers.
Madrid just had to be part of our Endesa tour together with El Jardín de las Delicias.
So here we are in Madrid, and it just had to be in the heart of the city, in Florida Park, right in El Retiro on 30 June at 8pm.
After the first concerts in Seville, the Endesa-El Jardín de las Delicias Tour, the next stop is obligatory. This time it will be in Zaragoza on 17 June in Terrazas del Náutico, a Friday with good music, good friends and a fantastic atmosphere.
After the cancellation of two editions due to the pandemic, the first concert on the Endesa-Jardín de las Delicias Tour took place in Seville on Saturday 19 March. A meeting for Music Lovers, full of magic and excitement, with a desire to make this Saturday a day of music and fun with friends.
Three days were enough for the Endesa Jardín de las Delicias Tour roll out all its energy and magic in Granada during the weekend the Cup was played, basketball's major festival. The Plaza de las Pasiegas was the ideal stage and a meeting point for every #MusicLover in the city.
The presence in Granada during the ACB Basketball Cup of the El Jardín de las Delicias Festival that is sponsored by Endesa will bring together two worlds that have a natural relationship, music and basketball.
Endesa Music Lover will provide the music for the Basketball "Copa del Rey", Spanish basketball's great festival. What you will see in Granada will be a precursor to the Endesa-El Jardín de las Delicias Tour that will visit Barcelona, Palma, Seville, Tenerife and Zaragoza next spring.
What we find hardest is to define what a "music lover" is. The basic meaning of "music lover" is quite clear, but it gets complicated when we try to differentiate between those for whom a love of music goes beyond a good collection of vinyls.
The Jardín de las Delicias Festival now has an official line-up for its next edition (23 and 24 September at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid). We could go on about the incredible aesthetics of photographic composition exuded by the summer and the night atmosphere, but we really ought to concentrate on the artists.
As you might expect, the arrival of Endesa Music Lover is accompanied by a premiere on the social networks. As of now, we are waiting for all you music lovers to follow us on Twitter (#EndesaMusicLover), Instagram (Endesa Music Lover) and on Facebook (Endesa Music Lover).
84 is a pop-rock band from Madrid with super powers: Every time they put tickets for their concerts on sale they disappear as if by magic.
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