Born in Toro, Zamora, Maria Salgado is one of the best Spanish female singers and a clear exponent of roots music. Interested since her young years in getting to know the cultural and musical heritage of Castille and León, the region where she still lives, her performances and her re-creation of the inherited songs that provide identity and musical background for one of the largest regions in Europe have taken her to such countries as Germany, France, Czech Republic, Algeria and Portugal and her career has been awarded the Racimo de Oro de la Música. She is a salient pupil of Agapito Marazuela and Joaquín Díaz, veritable icons of Spanish traditional music. Marazuela, the great folk master from Segovia, revealed to her the characteristic tones of the most authentic traditional singing. His teachings helped her to record a splendid album, Canciones de amor y de trabajo, a pioneer in its time, with songs which Marazuela had rescued from oblivion and published in his book Cancionero de Castilla. In that 1980 album María refurbished the old tunes and introduced modern instruments without losing the individuality and vigour of the songs.
Abrecaminos
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6/4/2007