Born in Lérida in 1975, Catalan singer/songwriter Roger Mas studied clarinet and saxophone from his early teens, and gradually became interested in ethnic music. A 1996 local radio award kick-started his recording career, which up to 2012 included eight albums, from 1997's Les Flors del Somni to 2012's Ciutat de Barcelona, a collaboration with Catalan folk music ensemble Cobla Sant Jordi. Mas' investigations into traditional, ethnic, and modern musical and linguistic forms have earned him a place as one of the leading Catalan singer/songwriters of his generation.
Danish "Campo Calmo" is a 60s/70s inspired indie western rock duo founded by Andreas Skovbjerg and Phillip Leonhard in 2022. The focus and main inspiration is to achieve the most iconic and organic sounding music and creating a soundtrack for feelings both oldschool and yet to be felt.
Singer and actress Maria Dolores Pradera was born in Madrid on August 29, 1924. She spent much of her childhood in Chile, her family brought there by her father's business. She began working as an actress on both stage and screen as early as her late teens. Her first major works were the films Yo No Ne Caso in 1944 and Los Habitantes de la Casa Deshabitada in 1946. It was while working on Los Habitantes that Pradera met Fernando Fernan Gómez, whom she would marry in 1947. From there she would perform in various theaters in Spain, France, and Mexico, collaborating with the most important directors of the day.
Jeanne Mas signed her 16th and solo album she called pH. Nine songs composed with Jeremy Still and a song composed by Piero Calabrese, the fetish composer and friend of Jeanne Mas, who died in May 2016. The album pays tribute to him. The title of pH, as simple as it is complex, summarizes all the texts. PH, which is the abbreviation for hydrogen potential, is a parameter for defining whether a medium is acidic or basic. It is an allusion to life that often topples between well-being and disappointment.