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NEWS
Andorra & Eurovision 2009
For the sixth consecutive time Andorra will participate in Eurovision festival and this time with the accumulated experience of the last years of this festival.  Last Saturday at the headquarters of RTVA met the jury chaired by the General Director of the Andorran television, Mr. Enric Castellet. A jury of eight members representing different sectors and visions of the musical world, including the Picap’s director, Joan Carles Doval. The headline of Andorra’s newspaper said " ATV bet on the talent from home and contrasted to pass to the final" and began the article with " Experiments have been completed: Andorra Television (ATV) bid for the local product with proven experience to pass to the Eurovision final”. As a novelty this year, the jury will have more weight in voting to determine the winning song. Andorra has submitted a total of 107 disk models divided into three categories (composers, interpreters and closed projects).  Although Andorra does not have a big budget as it may have other countries, we believe that it may present an interesting project, that especially impact and could be remembered for all the followers of this great contest. Finally, three are the candidates who are going compete to represent Andorra at the Eurovision festival in Moscow. These are: - Lluís Cartes with the song “ Exhaust” - Susanne Georgi with the song “ Get a life” - Marc Durandeau & Marc Canturri with the song “ Estrelles d’or”
 After working few months recording the tracks at Manresa, the Barcelona’s band, Túrnez & Sesé has a new album to the market: " ROMANÇOS I ESTAMPES DEL 21" ( Picap, 2008) its fourth album. This album achieved by the 15 romances that make up the renewal of language, musical and literary style of this figure. The lyrics pass by a thematic own itinerary of tradition, but with new authorship narratives that are covered in modern arguments. Túrnez & Sesé make a sound travel through different melodies, rhythms, tones and timbres. The percussion has a role in some romances more rhythmic, other highlights stringed instruments –for the tracks that call for a more lyrical sound-, and other stringed instruments that give a more traditional and popular atmosphere. In an effort to overcome, the band has developed a very complete album and this time the lyrics are in charge of seven contemporary poets among them Josep de Flix, Montse Gort, Jordi Guardans or Sergi Jover.  The poets have created new romances using traditional arguments: love and gallantry, crime and revenge, thieves and bandits, mythical characters, satirical and political events... As a result we will find songs like " Repartiment", " Els Nous Segadors", " La dona alliberada" or " La Princesa bruna". We must remember that the launch of this record, " ROMANÇOS I ESTAMPES DEL 21", took place in the Great Hall of the Kursaal Theater within the schedule of the eleventh Fair of the Mediterranean celebrated in Manresa where the band conducted an interdisciplinary show where the image was also present through eight illustrator artists that, from visual contemporary language point of view illustrated in a conceptual and narrative way the romance. Listen to the single:  Repartiment
Albert Fibla - Concert at Cafè Teatre of Lleida.
 "El món es mou" is the title of the latest album from the songwriter from Badalona Albert Fibla. The album was released last February and talks about loneliness, isolation and individualism of twenty-first century’s people with songs like "Entre la multitude” (Among the crowd), "Pel seu nom", "Balmes 129" or "De bona lluna".
They have been intense months plenty of concerts, presentations and interviews in major media in the country.
Continuing with the task of bringing his songs and hidden messages, the songwriter is ging to act the next Sunday November 30th at the Escorxador theater’s Cafè of Lleida from 8:30 p.m. The action which is organized by the Association Anti-AIDS of Lleida will serve to give last presentation of the album "El món es mou".
In this concert we will find Albert Fibla accompanied by old friends as Jordi Belza on guitar and vocals, Valentí Adell at the piano, Guillem Aguilar on bass and Tito Busquets in the drums.
On the other hand we can also listen Albert Fibla on Saturday 29th, from 11:00 a.m. in the show in Catalunya Ràdio "The Supplement" with Núria Ferrer; to talk about his performance in Lleida on Sunday.
As always remind you that Picap works hard for you to stay on tune of the latest news, concerts and upcoming launches of our artists through the website of Picap, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Netvibes,....
Listen to "Entre la multitud"
You can't miss it!
Would you like to stay on tune with Picap? Do you want to communicate directly to us?
Some months ago we published an article on the website explaining the changes in Picap to adapt to these times.
Under this premise, the marketing department along with the Production and Promotion has been developing new ways of communication, mainly on the internet, and in this post we want to show you different options that you have to follow Picap’s work.
1 .- Do you have Facebook? Look for Picap, you will find us in Facebook pages.
 Facebook is the biggest social network that has grown a lot over the past few months and Picap is there with a page where users can sign up as fans. In that page you can find a music player, and also we send updates with the latest news on the web to all our friends.
To sign up is as easy as clicking the following link: http://tinyurl.com/face-picap
2 .- Do you have Myspace?
 Myspace is beggining to be displaced by the Facebook, but it’s still the private community on the network with more artists that display their creations. For Picap becomes an essential tool for discovering new talents. For this reason there is more than a year ago that the company decided to join this community and we can only get good experiences. From Myspace we have found our graphic designer, as well as emerging artists. It really has saved time in listening demos, because lets you create an idea of what is offering the artist.
You will find us at: http://www.myspace.com/picapdiscografica
3 .- Do you have Twitter?
 Twitter, according to Wikipedia, is a social networking and microblogging service that allows to connect with your friends with messages from an extension of not more than 140 characters to know at all time what you are doing,... Twitter is also becoming a very powerful marketing tool for businesses and Picap has opened an account where you can add us as a friend and follow every day what the company is doing (artists, attendance at trade fairs, seminars, or just to know the point of views of our workmates,…).
-If you are already a user you can find us with @ Picap
-If you are not user, you can sign up now and follow Picap by clicking the following link: http://twitter.com/picap
4 .- Do you add RSS feeds in the section of bookmarks of your browser? And in your e-mail client?
 RSS technology allows you to publish and syndicate content to save time making unnecessary to enter each time on the same page to see if there is new content. In this way, syndicatting the content from Picap’s web you will be able to stay in tune and recieve the latest published news without having to enter each time.
RSS feeds from Picap’s web for the three languages are:
 Catalan: http://www.picap.com/xml/ct/picaprss.xml
Spanish: http://www.picap.com/xml/es/picaprss.xml
English: http://www.picap.com/xml/en/picaprss.xml There is different options (all of them valid) to syndicate the content of Picap’s web:
a)-To add the feed to the bookmarks of your browser, you only need to copy and paste the previous feeds into the section of your browser (ie Firefox and Internet Explorer)
 Firefox
 Internet Explorer
b)-To add the feed to your e-mail client, you can do it by pasting the feed with your favourite language as follows: (thunderbird, outlook, gmail)  Thunderbird
 Outlook
 Gmail
c)-You can paste the feed in any service of customized homepages like iGoogle and Netvibes. Later we will explain how to do it with Netvibes.
Even so, the latest albums releases are not syndicated, so do not miss the web and type http://www.picap.cat from time to time to see which new artists we have.
5 .- Do you have your browser's homepage customized with Netvibes?
As already mentioned above in the post, with Netvibes or iGoogle you can save time by watching all the information that you normally read on the same page.
 With Netvibes, Picap has created his Universe with all available information in RSS of the company. You'll find us in the following link: http://www.netvibes.com/picapdiscografica
Moreover, for all those who have an account with Netvibes, you will find feeds and widgets from Picap done to stay in tune of what is happening in the company. You just need to add content and write in the search bar Picap. The next 6 results show 3 news feeds from the web in 3 languages and 3 widgets also available in 3 languages.
You can find syndicated in a single feed all this information and add it in the bookmark bar of your browser by clicking here: http://es.eco.netvibes.com/rss/user/45415
Finally, if you are a Mac user with a Netvibes account, you can download and install widgets on your dashboard.
We bring you two good news from Picap. Nan Roig, a Rap Metal and Punk Rock band from Barcelona has joined Picap with its second work "Via Fora" (Picap, 2008), in the same way as Leyenda, a Metal band from Madrid.
 Nan Roig appears for the first time in 2005, formed by experienced musicians of the Barcelona scene, with the aim of moving the audience with a style rare in the Catalan circuit of music: Rap Metal; growing in this way the styles fan of Catalan music.
During 2007, with their first album, "Pandemonium AD" Nan Roig enjoyed a great response and acceptance by the public of the Catalan Countries; that led them to conduct a tour introducing this new musical proposal.
In early 2008, the band locked in the studio to record their new album that we present today, "Via Fora" (Picap, 2008), addressing 2009 as a year full of performances.
Listen here the new single from Nan Roig: "El Museu dels Arbres Morts"
 On the other hand, Leyenda, a band from Madrid who was born from the musical interest of David, Fernando and Antonio and eventually became a band with its own style acting in almost every concert hall in Madrid, has just joined Picap and during the upcoming spring we will be able to listen to his new album with the new company.
The band is characterized by the variety of their song, as both slow and fast with a lot of powerful influence of Heavy Metal.
We will keep you informed of the progress of the new album of Leyenda with Picap.
Ended the Music Trade Fair Womex it's time to take stock. As every year, a big part of music sector has met in Seville, although this fair focuses on tours and festivals of world music. Held at the Palacio de congresos of Seville, the fair had different spaces as 2 pavilions for the stands, a building where the conference took place, ...
 With more than 650 companies, 320 stands and 2800 delegates, the attendance exceeded the 2007 significantly. With 50 performances of 40 different countries, we were able to enjoy true musical jewels, including a performance of Peret with the accompaniment of some of the components of GEMA 4.
 As a commemoration of last year's celebration of Womex in Seville (Womex has signed a contract to celebrate it for 3 years in Copenhagen), the festival has wanted to pay tribute to the contribution of Andalusia with flamenco at the World Music. So we enjoyed the performance of the well known Miguel Poveda.
Although it’s not a pure music trade fair, Picap usually is there to give support for international tours of our artists through their discography is an important part of the international boost of our Record Label.
Apart from meetings with physical distributors from different countries; Picap, seeking always to stay in contact with the innovation in the recording industry, adapts to new ways of distribution such as digital distribution. In this sense we take in account this type of distribution, and we met with digital distributors to offer our friends and customers a new way to be closer and detect their musical needs.
11th Mediterranean Fair at Manresa
 The music bands S'Albaida, Túrnez & Sesé and Al Tall will be present at the Fira Maditerrània (Mediterranean Fair) of Manresa.
From October 30th till November 2nd Manresa celebrates the eleventh edition of the Mediterranean Fair devoted to the root and traditional entertainment.
The fair is a market for new artistic creations, inspired by the Catalan tradition or the one more common in the Mediterranean coast.
 The band from Menorca S'Albaida will act on Saturday November 1st at 4:30 in the afternoon at the Taverna of the Fair. The band which this year celebrates its tenth anniversary in active will interprete songs of his latest album Xalandria (Picap, 2008) and will end in this way the acts of the Fair.
Talking about S'Albaida is the same to talk about Mediterranean culture, Catalan and Menorquin. We can consider every track of this album as a small piece of popular culture of our country, maintain its poetic structure, but giving it a distinctive sound that we already know about the band.
They mix a concept of lyrics that will endure over time with the music of percussion with touches of flamenco or African music.
 Túrnez & Sesé will also act in Manresa presenting at the Fair their latest album " Romanços i estampes del 21" ( Picap, 2008) the fourth of this band. Romanços i estampes del 21 is a show based on the renewal of the literary language, musical and graphic from the Catalan romance. Seven contemporary poets write nine romances using traditional themes. Music and image are the transmission vehicle of these stories, and the melodies are inspired by popular forms, passed by the sound of Túrnez & Sesé, a band specialized in putting music to the poems created by Catalan authors; " Quedarà la paraula" ( Picap, 2002), " L'arbre de l'esperança" ( Picap, 2004), " Sol blanc" ( Picap, 2006) without forgetting the common root of the Mediterranean song and the reasons for the troubadour tradition through an atmosphere of chamber music. People who want, they may enjoy the new songs in the two concerts that are going to offer in the large room of the Kursaal, the first one on Thursday at 10:30 at night and on Saturday in the same room but at 6 in the afternoon.  Within the range of performances that will give us the Mediterranean Fair, the band Al Tall will present the show " Vergonya, cavallers, vergonya" their new album. The show revolves around the literary works of James I, which this year celebrates the 800th anniversary of his birth. The aim of the artistic proposal of the band is to claim the hitorical and political figure of the character. To do so, they created a repertory of new tunes that blend elements from different Mediterranean traditions, and have the voices of two exceptional guest artists: the Mallorcan Tomeu Penya and the Occitan Jan Maria Carlotti. We are in front of an album which is set to make history, that Picap will publish during the first half of 2009. We can see the show at Manresa on Sunday November 2 in the large room of the Kursaal at 1 p.m.
Womex, the main market for the world music all over the world, will start again in Seville for the fourth consecutive year at the end of October (October 29th – November 2nd).
In this trade fair, as always in these dates, we can find conferences, showcases, trade fair... and Picap will be present at all time.
From our company we believe in the adaptation need and we are aware about the know how of the record industry and the assistance in trade fairs is one of the principal pillars for the exchange of visions, opinions, ideas... that concern in the management of the record world sector.
In this sense we believe that it’s interesting, apart from all the commercial contacts that could arise, take part in the different conferences during these days, as the one that talks about the legal frame in digital topics for Record Companies and Artists, a look into digital music trends, and more.
 But an important part of Womex is dedicated to the artists' promotion, tours... In this respect the "King" of the Catalan Rumba, Peret, will realize an showcase as part of the offWomex Showcases.
 Peret, as Wikipedia says, is one of the maximum exponents of the Catalan Rumba, which fused the rock, the Flamenco Tango and the Cuban mambo.
 With songs so known as "Una Lágrima” (A tear) or "Borriquito" (little donkey) that appear in the album Gitana Hechicera that Picap has inherited from the PDI's catalogue.
For the acquisition of this historical catalogue we will find also other Peret's albums like "Jesus de Nazareth", "Que disparen flores" and "Como me gusta" reissued by Picap and "La puntita" and "No se pué aguantar" in reissue process; all of them with songs that buit an history inside the Catalan rumba.   
We are sure that all the collegas of Womex will enjoy this performance. Later you can listen to some emblematic songs of Peret: Gitana Hechicera
Borriquito
Una Lágrima
Caramelos
Vete
Joan Margarit, winner of National Prize of Poetry with his work called “Casa de misericòrdia” (House of Mercy)
 The prize is awarded to the best work of poetry published during 2007. The well known catalán poet Joan Margarit won last week the National Prize of Poetry awarded by the Culture Ministerium for the collection of poems “Casa de Misericòrdia” (House of Mercy), a work that also won the National Critics Prize, Rosalía de Castro Prize and Catalan Poetry Prize. This award, worth with 20,000 euros, is given to the best poetry work published during 2007 in spanish or oin any cooficial languages talked by the State.  Joan Margarit started his literary adventure at the end of ’50 but his first work had been published in 1975, called “ Crònica”. His poems have been recognized in many occasions, we can also stress the prizes awarded by Catalan Government “Crítica de Poesía Catalana” (Catalan Poetry Critique) or “Premi Nacional de Cultura” (National Prize of Culture). His work have been used as example and inspiration for Poets and Musicians, like Xavier Ribalta that made a selection for his record “ Xavier Ribalta canta Joan Margarit: 18 cançons d’Amor, Soledat, Llibertat i Melancolia” published by “Trobadors i Joglars” and distributed by “ Actual Records”. Listen a song from the record here
Crònica de la presentació de l'Antologia
Joan Barranca & Blai Masó
This meticulous production, released by Picap is a high quality piece of work featuring 16 new songs that swing between pop, jazz and bossa nova.
People in the music industry have described the album as “original, extremely creative, very mature, well produced, an oasis for the ears, easily enjoyable, etc.” The record features first class musicians was made in the old style: with enough time and resources, lots of creativity and attention to details, all of which are a luxury nowadays.
The album also includes a cover version of a song of the israeli singer Noa, who has ceded for free.
In summary, a more than worthwhile suggestion for lovers of good music.
Release of "Antologia Històrica de la Música Catalana" (Historical Anthology of Catalan Music)
The music in our country has been always a differential fact; keeping in mind that has been done by people who thinks and expresses artistically in a very special form. 
The Catalan encyclopedia defines the "Antologia Històrica de la Música Catalana" in the following way: "Record Collection begun to editing in the year 1966 by Edigsa under Pau Casals's presidency and the Management of Oriol Martorell and a team of editors, with the purpose of announcing the most interesting works of the musical evolution of the Catalan music". Following the project that Edigsa initiated –record label pioneer in the edition of the majority of Catalan artists in the years 60- and that the record label PDI continued, Picap has wanted to put it on the hands of the whole world and to adapt this collection to the current times. We feel very proud to be able to finally re-edit this great work that is "Antologia Històrica de la Músic Catalana" in CD format with new texts and designs as well as in digital format, adapting to the current times and ways of buying music. In this way, from this 2008, the Antologia Històrica de la Música Catalana will be able on the net at the main shops of digital music. As the promotional sheet says "The Antologia Històrica de la Música Catalana includes a set of recordings that try to offer a wide vision of what has been our music from the middle ages to the present days, and undoubtedly, deserves the consideration of important fact for our culture ". 
For this reissue in physical support we have created an special box of 33 CD's with the whole entire collection. As well as also, advised by Salvador Pueyo, there have been created different casings of 2 and 3 CD's. Selected with artistic and musical criteria.
For 20th consecutive year the Mercat de Música Viva de Vic is coming. This market was born with vocation of internationalizing the Catalan music and certainly every time his market approaches more to its goal, because it’s already considered one of the cultural markets of reference for the musical industry all over the world. In addition this year the ICIC (Catalan Institute for Cultural Industries) has decided -together with other 4 other festivals- to consider the Mercat de Música Viva de Vic as an strategic market for the diffusion of the music and the culture of our country. The market, divided between the professional part and the festival part, receives to all the professionals of the music world as visitors or as exhibitors, and works also as a meeting point of all the lovers of this art called music.
With a concerts schedule divided into two parts; the Invictro (with local artists, in the off scene of the market) and the Selecció Oficial (with international artists). And it’s inside the Selecció Oficial that the colleagues that make Picap are very happy to be able to say that the people in the market will enjoy the music of our label artists.
Thus, on Thursday 18th in the stage of LA PIETAT at 9 p.m. Toti Soler will perform his Guitarra Catalana show. 
On Friday 19th in the stage of PLAÇA MÀRTIRS at 9:30 p.m. Euclydes Mattos, an important character in the brazilian music will act.  The same Friday at 10 p.m. in the CINEMA VIGATÀ, you will enjoy the commemorative performance of 25 years of Pegasus, of which Picap is preparing a reissue of all their works in an individual CD’s and in a box with all the complete works.
On Saturday 20th, at 10 p.m. in the CENTRE COMUNITARI there will be the performance of Santi Arisa named Tavernas de poetes III that it’s in process of edition by Picap.  To finish, on Sunday 21st at 7 p.m. will act Tomeu Penya together with Géminis and Perico Linale Big Band in the PLAÇA MAJOR.
From Picap we are waiting that the change of the Artistic Manager of Mercat de Música Viva de Vic with Lluís Puig in front, it will serves more than ever to introduce the music of the Catalan Countries in the national and international programmers.
 Since some years ago, the music sector is in a change of cycle. From the appearance of new musical genres and new ways of enjoying the music (mp3, online,…) to the change in the way to promote the music, where traditional media used to create music hits and now they just schedule the hits when they are done, giving few opportunities to the new talents.
Despite of being a negative point for the sector, it can also become an opportunity for the music labels as Picap to be able to adapt the label to the new times and the new ways of promotion. Following the premise "to renew or to die" Picap has begun a new cycle in which it wants to obtain more presence on the internet, where we can meet all the music lovers exchanging valuations, worries,… These new times convulsed by Internet, new technologies and the appearance of the concept of web 2.0 where the user becomes the creator of information has caused the appearance of multitude of musical blogs, music forums, musical communities… where the user is the main figure.  Communities like Myspace ( http://www.myspace.com/picapdiscografica ) and Facebook (see previous article), and video portals like Youtube ( http://www.youtube.com/picapdiscografica ) have become new ways to promote artists and music labels; and we are planning to open to this new media. Picap is changing the organizational chart to give an answer to these new needs.
From Picap we want to keep in contact the internet users and music lovers who have musical blogs, music related webs,… you can contact us to talk about new possibilities of collaboration by sending an email to marketing@picap.cat, or by Picap’s pages of Myspace and Facebook.
National Day of Catalonia
Next September 11th, Catalonia celebrates his National Day with multitude of celebrations in different parts of the country.  Inside the " Festa per la Llibertat" that will take place in the Lluís Companys street of Barcelona during the whole day, the Companyia Elèctrica Dharma will offer at 8 p.m. one of his concerts from the tour "Misteri Tour '08" with the launch of his new album " El Misteri d'en Miles Serra i les músiques mutants" where the band has wanted to dedicate the CD to two teachers like Miles Davis and Joaquim Serra are, that have influenced his career as a music band. As a result of this fusion we will be able to enjoy a performance where they will fuse the style of sardanas of Joaquim Serra and the jazz-rock of Miles Davis. Of the same way, Picap will be present in this party with an stand where you will be able to find the last launches in CD format, as well as liquidation of different K7's to very attainable prices. And you will be able to buy the last CD of Companyia Elèctrica Dharma. We all expect to see you all in the different acts that are organized for this so special day.
"Sounds form the memory: Maria Carta" from Maria del Mar Bonet
In Siligo (Sardinia), town where Maria Carta was born, there is a Foundation-Museum with her name that remember her life (1934-1994).  At the beginning of this year, the foundation’s manager gave me a good new: they grant to me the Maria Carta’s Prize 2008. The main intention of these annual prizes is to recognize the job of Sardinian artists and also foreign artists who has contributed to the Sardinian culture diffusion. They gave it to me the August 10th at the town, inside an all day long celebration that began in the town hall, where the mayor met all the winners with a welcome meeting. Then they celebrate a mass in the church, where Sardinian artists sang songs, and before the lunch we went to the inauguration of an square in the middle of the town, with the portrait and the name of Maria. The grant ceremony was by night at the same square, that has the form of a little amphitheatre. Siligo is placed near Sásari and Alguer. It has a thousand inhabitants, that still live from the wheat and the shepherding. In Siligo, apart of being the name of the town, it’s also a higher wheat variety. Between olive grove and vineyards, there is also an astronomical observatory, where scientists, students and tourists meet there. It was a double joy for mi. In first place, because I knew Maria Carta, we had been singing together and we had a good friendship. In second place, because they gave me the prize for a version of the Sardinian song “Boghe, ´E Riu”, that I translated to “ Des de Mallorca a L’Alguer” (From Mallorca to Alguer), a song that I have ever stopped singing and also Nacho Duato has included it to his ballet about my songs “ Arenal”.  In the end of the 70’s, someone gave to me a Maria Carta’s record. It was full of traditional Sardinian songs. At the time I was listening to it I wanted to know her island, her culture and her language. Her voice was spectacular, deep and soft at the same time. She had a big confidence, that you can only get if you have been breathing since long years ago all the treasure of being born in a little town in Sardinia like her town. Maria, in the 50’s, won the miss Sardinia contest. She was very pretty, a very Mediterranean beauty. When we met in Paris in 1984 she was still taken. We were participating in a three weeks recital in Teatre de la Ville. The banderols were showing “Les tres Maries”. Maria Carta, Maria del Mar Bonet, Maria Farantouri. The first day we met in the hotel, she was with her husband and her son, a four years old child, David. During that morning we had to go to a TV program to promote the festival. I hade ver seen her singing in live. She sang a capella, an “Ave Maria” in sardinian. Very nice… That day we had time to talk to each other. We talked about the repertory we were going to sing in the theatre. Fieldwork songs, lullaby songs, poetry, etc. We confirmed that we had a lot of things in common, traditions, words, rhythms and the fact that our islands were so close and looked so far. The two of us we leaved home very young, Maria Carta to Rome and me to Barcelona, and we knew the meaning of leaving home, leaving family far away, friends…, the new way gave to us new learnings and new inconceivable profesional opportunities. Togheter with a yearning feeling, and a sensation of membership and exclusion at the same time. As Isidor Marí says to his daughter: “You will always avoid me / I will always be yours”.  During many years we have been meeting each other, now I remember the last time. It was in Barcelona, in the “Plaça del Rei” square, guest by the City Hall. I thought I'd take the opportunity to show her the city and I gave to her my last album, where there was the sardinian song “Boghe, ´E Riu”, that Albert Garcia translated into catalan. She told me that she discovered and sang that song many years ago. When she started to sing in Sardinia, she was the first to give importance to the traditional music because people saw this music with indifference. Her effort and her success was definitely to make Sardinia in conscious of it’s sardinian music treasures. She took part in the Italian Communist Party, and she was elected as communal counselor in Rome from 1976 to 1981. “Someone can be surprised –said Maria-, not for my candidature, but to know that I am communist... I really think people should be surprised if I wasn’t communist… for my origin, my way of life, my sardinian songs… all take to me to a unique identity. I’m a warrior woman that fight for our country, for a fair human future.” She gave lessons of Antropology and Popular Traditions in Bolonia University. She wrote poetry, whita a book called Canto rituale. As well as her long carreer as singer (26 albums y recitals around the world), she was also actress, playing theatre and films (Jesús de Natzaret of F. Zeffirelli and El Padrino II, of F.F. Coppola). Since de beginning of her carreer, she was an open window to her land, culture, and her language, of the great treditions of Sardinia. In 1989 she fell ill, she had a breast cancer and fought till 1994. She never stopped singing. That days, looked like Maria Carta invited to me to her town. From her brothers,her son and her nieces hands I have been walking along her town. They show me the museum and the foundation where they keep and show her films, musica albums, videos and books. Her dresses and instruments. In Siligo, where people continue planting and harvest wheat, olive and wine. Where they keep Maria Carta’s voice forever. Maria del Mar Bonet
Prompt to the appointment of the first Wednesday of August, with a crescent moon and a stressed Southwesterly Wind, at 10:30 pm, the current components of PORT-BO group came to the stage of the square and beach of Port-Bo of Calella de Palafrugell to celebrate the 42th anniversary of the group.  PORT-BO was born in 1966 on the occasion of the presentation of the book: "Calella de Palafrugell i les havaneres". The initial trio was composed by Josep Xicoira, Carles Mir and Ernest Morató. Forty two years later, the group is formed by Carles Casanovas, Fonso Carreras and Mineu Ferrer, that they offered some a splendid first part based on their last production " Busca’m a l’Empordà" ( Picap, 2008). In the second part of the party-show came on the stage the current components of the group plus the four ex-components still living and directed by Castor Pérez offered us a selection of havaneres, polkas, sea valsets and song of tavern from the most classical repertoire. With seven voices and a guitar we had fun with the all time hits even with the original version in spanish of "La Gaviota" wrote by the ex-member of PORT-BO Frederic Sirés. Carles Casanovas explained that Sirés composed the song in spanish, because it was  dedicated to a girlfriend that had left in Cuba, Orfelia, that as Carles said, she should be very beautiful to deserve a song like this... The same Sirés wrote the catalan version after two years at the request of local singers and it is in Catalan how the public sang the return part of the song last night. The three components of the current band jointly with Enric, the Castor, Txiqui and Fèlix made us to enjoy a good concert and demonstrated once again because PORT-BO doesn’t have competence in this musical genre.
Albert Fibla will act next thursday september 18th in Fnac of Plaça Catalunya (Barcelona) at 7 p.m. He will act together with Jordi Belza (guitar and voice) and Valentí Adell (keyboards) and the performance will be for free; playing the songs of the new album "El món es mou" (Picap, 2008). By the other side, the singer from Badalona will collaborate in the show 'El suplement' this season. This show is managed by Núria Ferré in Catalunya Ràdio and he will play songs about sports news. Albert will appear twice a month, on sundays at 10:30 a.m.
Concert’s season for the Orquestra Internacional Maravella.
 They will play the new album songs “Música Internacional” (Picap 2008).
More than 50 years of history and bringing the music and the Catalan culture all over the world is the best way to introduce one of the most representative and emblematic orquestra of our country: the Orquestra Internacional Maravella.
Since the foundation in 1951 by Lluís Ferrer i Puigdemont La Maravella has not stopped playing on the stages. The beginning of this long and successful musical adventure the orquestra had a very good reception abroad playing around Europe, from here comes the Orquestra Internacional name. It is necessary to say that the good reception of the public was not only abroad, in our country almost every town has seen the Orquestra Maravella playing their songs.
After many years of musical experience in 1997 comes the recognition from the institutions of Catalonia with the prize-giving of the "Creu de Sant Jordi" of Catalonia’s Government for letting know the Catalan culture all over the world.
From Picap we you want to show the new album of La Maravella "Música Internacional" (PICAP 2008).
The new album "Música Internacional" it’s build by songs of the whole world that try to reflect the spirit and the essence of this universal art understood for all over the World, the music. Immortal titles and unforgettable memories for example "Cielito Lindo", "Alma Llanera", "My heart will go on ", "Queen Rhapsody" interpreted by the personal stamp of the mythical orchestra of Caldes.
Everybody will be able to see and to enjoy the orchestra in more than 80 concerts that will be realized from now until the end of the year, where we are going to listen the old album’s songs and the ones from the new album.
You can look up for the concerts on the Orquestra Maravella website and also in the Picap’s Myspace page.
El Cant del Barça #1 at Jamba!
El Cant del Barça,
the original and oficial version, sang by La Coral Sant Jordi is #1 in one of the most
important internet portals for mobile phones,
Jamba! You will find it in
favourites, inside the music section. El Cant del Barça
has been edited and it’s distributed by
Picap, you can also
fisically get it at Actual Records Distribució
since 2007. Inside the album you will find versions from artists like
Pep Sala or Joan Isaac. This is a good new that shows all the work that
Picap is developing to adapt
the company to anew ways of distribution, digital distribution in this
case.
The next August 30th, Albert Fibla will performance the songs of his new album "El món es mou" at "Festival Acústica de Figueres"
 In the middle of the festivals season, as every year, the capital of the “Alt Empordà” will offer 5 long days of one of the most important musical contest of the latter years. On the 27th the fifth edition of "Festival Acúsitca de Figueres" will be inaugurated.
Born in 2002, this festival has been creating a professional market of important offers where programmers, artists and public meet new artists combined with consecrated artists. The whole success if we compare the assistance numbers between 2002 where 3000 meet there and 2006 had 23,000 people.
This year the festival has a very nice schedule with Kiko  Veneno, Marlango, Shuarma, Toti Soler, Quico Pi de la Serra, Toni Xuclà and the songwriter of Picap, Albert Fibla, who will show the new album songs "El món es mou".
The concert will take place on Saturday, the 30th of August at eight o'clock in the afternoon at “Plaça de l'Església” where you will enjoy songs like "Pel seu nom", "De bona lluna", "Entre la multitud" and many more. A good opportunity to discover one of the most emergent songwriters of our musical panorama.
Xavier Ribalta in concert at "Discopolis" from Radio 3
 Xavier Ribalta has played different poems of Joaquim Horta, Joan Salvat-Papasseit, Joan Coromines, Marius Torres, Salvador Espriu, Joan Maragall, Joan Margarit and so on, and has make a decisive task in the restoration of anonymous and popular songs of Catalonia.
Xavier Ribalta's work personifies the most genuine orientation of the Catalan "Cançó" (Song). The musical riches of his compositions valued all around the world, the rigour in the choice of the poets played by him and the form of the interpretations all they are his main characteristics.
On March 16th, 2007 Xavier Ribalta interpreted in the "Auditori de Barcelona" many pieces from different Catalan authors, since Joan Margarit to Ausiàs March with great feeling and passion. We could also listen the lyrics frfom the excellent Franch songwriter Léo Ferré that Xavier Riblata sang it in Catalan. With the accompaniment of really magnificent musicians, the response of the people after the performance was reaffirming the great event that was lived that day. The room, technically excellent, was the suitable context to frame the performance. The sonority was incredible in a distinguished space, and the lighting created the environment according to each theme. This Friday, the 15th of August we have the opportunity to re-live Xavier Ribalta’s concert through the program "Discopolis" of Radio 3 managed by José Miguel López for the whole Spain in a one hour summary programmed from two o'clock to three o'clock in the afternoon and a special rerun on Monday, the 18th of August at four o'clock in the morning.
Maria del Mar Bonet recieves the Maria Carta Prize
 Last Sunday, the 10th of August, Maria del Mar Bonet recieved in Siligo (Sardinia) the “Maria Carta Prize” granted by the foundation that takes the name of this Sardinian singer. In the same morning, there was a square inaugurated dedicated to Maria Carta in Siligo.
Maria Carta was born in Siligo (Sassari) on 1934 and left us on 1994 in Rome. It was an Italian songwritter that worked specially the popular Sardinian music, bringging all this kind of music out of Italy. With 24 published albums it is an authentic referent of the music of Sardinia Island.
The foundation that takes her name gives the prize to singers with a great international relief who have interpreted popular music of the Island and in this occasion has been fixed in Maria del Mar Bonet that plays the song “Des de Mallorca a l’Alguer” (El cor del temps, Picap 1997) popular song from Alguer adapted by Albert Garcia.
Maria del Mar Bonet has returned from Siligo and she’s already preparing the next concerts scheduled for this summer, as the next August 24th jointly with Manel Camp in The Granadella, or September 9th presenting "Terra Secreta” (Picap, 2007) in Picassent (Valencian Country), September 10th in Palma (Teatre Xesc Fortesa), 12th of September with Manel Camp in Son Servera (Mallorca) and many more that you can check in Picap’s Myspace.
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