Feliu Ventura (

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, 1976) is a Spanish singer-songwriter. Ventura's music is on the boundary between modern music styles and

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, with lyrics addressing political and youth issues. He has collaborated with guitar player and record producer

Borja Penalba Borja Penalba Catalá (born 1975 in Valencia, Spain) is a composer, record producer, arranger and musician. He has worked with and for, among others, Feliu Ventura, Lluís Llach, Lluís Danés, Obrint Pas, Miquel Gil, Joan Amèric, Marc Parrot, Si ...

, the band

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and the Catalan singer-songwriter

Lluís Llach Lluís Llach i Grande (; born 7 May 1948) is a Catalan singer-songwriter, novelist and politician from Spain. He is one of the main representatives of the ''nova cançó'' genre and an outspoken advocate of the right to self-determination of ...

. In voting by the readers of the specialized magazine ''

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'', Ventura won the award for best singer-songwriter of 2006.

Discography

*1996 – ''L'única diferència'' (tape) *2000 – ''Estels de tela'' (CD) *2003 – ''Barricades de paper'' (CD) *2005 – ''Que no s'apague la llum'' (CD/DVD) (Live Recording together with

) *2006 – ''Alfabets de futur'' (CD) *2011 – ''Musica i Lletra'' (CD)

References

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