Music of Spain - Music By Region

Music By Region

Spain's regions have their own distinctive musical traditions. There is also a movement of singer-songwriters with politically active lyrics, paralleling similar developments across Latin America and Portugal. As an example of open-mindedness and use of the available sources, singer and composer Eliseo Parra (b 1949) can afford to record music from the Basque country and from Castile.

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