From May 16 to 18, The festival Murmura Alpujarra celebrates its fifth edition with a careful selection of artists, unique spaces of the Almeria region and a clear commitment to generational relief. Guadiana Sanguijuelas, Joseluis, Carlos Ares either Ángela González They provide soul and freshness to this edition.
He Alpujarra Murmura Festival He returns from May 16 to 18 to celebrate its fifth edition already turned into a reference of festivals with their own identity. Concerts in small villages, wineries, hills and natural parks, close gastronomy, family activities and careful artistic selection make up its proposal, distributed among municipalities such as Laujar de Andarax, Canjáyar, Fondón, Fuente Victoria, Almócita, Padules or Rágol.
One of this year’s strong dishes is the incorporation into the general poster of Guadiana Sanguijuelasafter the Secret Show that starred last year for professionals. Your raw and forceful live, loaded with punk and honesty attitude, will open the programming the Friday 16 May on the San Blas de Canjáyar hill, with free admission. A day before they will be presenting Revoláthat expected debut, in houses of Don Pedro, his people and undoubtedly the scene of that story that captivates in his songs.
That same day, the public will be able to enjoy the dulee experimental electronics concert in Almócita and a Flemish and Electronic Fusion Secret Show that still maintains the mystery about the guest artist.
He Saturday 17 the esplanade of the Pedro Murillo de Laujar room will host the central day of the festival, headed by Rosario Floreswhich will offer the first accessible concert of Murmura within the framework of the CAP-FEST project. They complete this generous “verbena” artists of popular wisdom as Xoel López either Buyo hell helland proposals whose directs will rumble throughout the region as The white dog, The Bengal and King toad.
The spirit of Murmura – in line, honest, connected to the landscape – is especially reflected in several of the emerging names of this edition. Joseluiswith his naked and direct proposal, connected to the tradition of the classic singer -songwriter and in turn with more time of his time. It matches Alex G and José Luis Perales. Ángela Gonzáleza young voice that stands out in the new Andalusian pop for its lyrical sensitivity, and of course in that murmur of this edition must be Carlos Areswith its own musical speech, sophisticated and emotional, embodies that murmuring that looks to the future without losing the link with the local and the human. The Galician will also arrive in Murmura with his new newborn album, on May 16 he sees the light The wolf’s mouth. Next to them will be JJ Fuentes and Taha sessionexpanding the sound spectrum of the poster without losing coherence with the environment.
Saturday morning will also have special concerts in the winery: The red room In Fuente Victoria and Guiu Cortés (The mortgage boy) in Fondón, in addition to Sandra Bautista in the environmental park.
He Sunday 18 May will be dedicated to family activities, performances and storytelling in different villages, with proposals that combine orality, poetry, music and tradition. The closure will be in charge of Martyrdom and Chano Domínguez In Padules, in an intimate format of copla and jazz between vineyards.
Five years after his birth, Murmura continues to demonstrate that another way of making festivals is possible: less massified, more authentic, more connected to the earth. All programming, schedules and tickets are available at www.festivalmurmura.com.
