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C. Tangana
Antón Álvarez Alfaro (born July 16, 1990), known professionally as C. Tangana, is a Spanish rapper. He began his musical career while in high school, rapping under the pseudonym Crema and releasing a seven-track EP titled ''Él Es Crema'' (2005). He gained recognition in Spain as a member of the band Agorazein. In 2016, Tangana began performing as a solo act under the stage name C. Tangana. After releasing a number of singles in 2016, including "Lo Hace Conmigo", "Los Chikos de Madriz" and " Antes de morirme", Tangana attained mainstream success in Spain with the release of "Mala Mujer", later included in his debut studio album ''Ídolo'' (2017). He continued to explore urbano and hip hop music on his mixtape ''Avida Dollars'' (2018), which spawned the top twenty single "Llorando en la Limo". Tangana continued to release standalone singles to commercial success such as "Bien Duro", "Booty" and "Nunca Estoy". He experimented with flamenco and Latin music on his second studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Premios Odeón
The Premios Odeón (or Odeon Awards in its English interpretation) are a series of awards presented annually by the Asociación de Gestión de Derechos Intelectuales (AGEDI) in collaboration with Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE), Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE), Fundación Autor and Sociedad de Artistas de España (AIE) to recognize the best of Spanish music and to award the talent of Spanish artists in a diversity of genres and categories. Due to the implication of this associations, Premios Odeón are considered the Spanish equivalent to the Grammy Awards. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of awards that have more popular interest. The Premios Odeón are considered the successors to the Premios Amigo and the Premios de la Música, which were canceled in 2007 and 2012 respectively. History The Spanish financial crisis led to the lack of interest and investment in the country's music indu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Latina (Madrid)
Latina is a district of Madrid located in the southwestern corner of the municipality. Etymology Its name comes from Beatriz Galindo, ''La Latina'', teacher of Isabella I of Castile. Geography Position The district, situated in a southwestern part of the municipality, borders with the following districts: Carabanchel, Arganzuela, Centro and Moncloa-Aravaca. It includes the old cross-roads of the road of Extremadura, and it has several tributary streams to Manzanares river (Luche, Caño Roto etc.). Subdivision The district is formed by 7 administrative neighborhoods (''barrios''): Aluche, Campamento, Cuatro Vientos, Las Águilas, Lucero, Los Cármenes, Puerta del Ángel. History The district is found over Quaternary terrains. There are several promontories in the ground: Bermejo, Cerro de la Piedra, Cerro de los Alemanes, Cerro de los Cuervos, Cerro de la Mica (the highest one) and Cerro Almodóvar. The district was included in the 1845 administrative division of Madr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Andalusians
The Andalusians () are the people of Andalusia, an autonomous community in southern Spain. Andalusia's statute of autonomy defines Andalusians as the Spanish citizens who reside in any of the municipalities of Andalusia, as well as those Spaniards who reside abroad and had their last Spanish residence in Andalusia, and their descendants. Since reform in 2007, the Andalusian statute of autonomy identifies the territory as a ''historic nationality'' in the preamble. The Spanish Language Academy recognizes Andalusian Spanish as a set of diverse dialects. Andalusian nationalism is the belief that Andalusians are a nation separate from other ethnicities within Spain. History and culture In Antiquity, Andalusian people used to trade with Phoenicians and Jews some thousand years before Christ, and they were called as Tarshish or Tartessos in the Old Testament and Greek texts. The genesis of modern Andalusian culture can be traced to the incorporation of the Moors territory to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ifni
The Territory of Ifni () was a Spanish province on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, south of Agadir and across from the Canary Islands. It had a total area of , and a population of 51,517 in 1964. The main industry was fishing. The present-day Moroccan province in the same area is called Sidi Ifni Province, Sidi Ifni, with its capital in the city of the Sidi Ifni, same name, but encompassing a much larger territory. History Spanish presence in the area can be traced to a settlement called Santa Cruz de la Mar Pequeña, founded in 1476. After attacks by the Berber people, Berbers, the Spanish decided to focus on colonising other areas of North Africa and abandoned the region. In the mid-19th century, when the European powers Scramble for Africa, looked again to Africa for resources, Spain suddenly mooted an interest in its lost late medieval fortress in order to stake a claim to the southern part of Morocco. This served as a pretext for Hispano–Moroccan War (1859–1860), a short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Galicians
Galicians ( or ''pobo galego''; ) are an ethnic group primarily residing in Galicia, northwest Iberian Peninsula. Historical emigration resulted in populations in other parts of Spain, Europe, and the Americas. Galicians possess distinct customs, culture, language, music, dance, sports, art, cuisine, and mythology. Galician, a Romance language derived from the Latin of ancient Roman Gallaecia, is their native language and a primary cultural expression. It shares a common origin with Portuguese, exhibiting 85% intelligibility, and similarities with other Iberian Romance languages like Asturian and Spanish. They are closely related to the Portuguese people. Two Romance languages are widely spoken and official in Galicia: the native Galician and Spanish. Etymology The ethnonym of the Galicians (''galegos'') derives directly from the Latin '' Gallaeci'' or ''Callaeci'', itself an adaptation of the name of a local Celtic tribe known to the Greeks as Καλλαϊκoί (''Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vigo
Vigo (, ; ) is a city and Municipalities in Spain, municipality in the province of province of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits on the southern shore of an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, the Ria de Vigo, the southernmost of the Rías Baixas. It is the capital of the Comarcas of Galicia, comarca of Vigo (comarca), Vigo. The municipality, with an area of and a population of 292,374 in 2022 including rural parishes, is the most populous municipality in Galicia. The area of the municipality includes the Cíes Islands, part of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park. Vigo is one of the region's primary economic agents, owing to the French Stellantis Vigo Plant and to its Port of Vigo, port. Close to the Portugal–Spain border, Vigo is part of the Galicia–North Portugal Euroregion. The European Fisheries Control Agency is headqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Preschool
A preschool (sometimes spelled as pre school or pre-school), also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, play school, is an school, educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they begin compulsory education at primary school. It may be publicly or privately operated, and may be subsidized from public funds. The typical age range for preschool in most countries is from 2 to 6 years. Terminology Terminology varies by country. In some European countries the term "kindergarten" refers to formal education of children classified as ''International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED level 0'' – with one or several years of such education being compulsory – before children start primary school at ''ISCED level 1''. The following terms may be used for educational institutions for this age group: *Pre-primary or creche from 6 weeks old to 6 years old – is an educational childcare service a parent can enroll t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Goya Award For Best Documentary
The Goya Award for Best Documentary (Spanish: ''Premio Goya a la mejor película documental'') is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards. The category was first presented at the sixteenth edition with José Luis Guerín's ''En construcción'' being the first winner. The film '' Balseros'' received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 76th Academy Awards with ''The Silence of Others'' (2018) made the shortlist for the same category at the 91st Academy Awards. At the European Film Awards, the films '' The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone'' (2003), '' Fados'' (2007) and ''The Silence of Others'' (2018) received a nomination for Best Documentary. Winners and nominees 2000s 2010s 2020s Notes References External links Official siteIMDb: Goya Awards {{Goya Awards Documentary films A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Flamenco Guitar Of Yerai Cortés
''The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés'' () is a 2024 Spanish documentary film directed by Antón Álvarez (in his directorial debut) about the family of flamenco guitarist . Plot The documentary explores the recording of an album by Yerai Cortés as well as a secret involving Cortés' family. Release The film worldpremiered as the opening film of the 'New Directors' strand of the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2024. It was also selected for a special screening at the 69th Valladolid International Film Festival. Distributed by A Contracorriente Films, it was released theatrically in Spain on 20 December 2024. It also made it to the 'Bright Future' strand of the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) for its international premiere on 2 February 2025. Reception Júlia Olmo of ''Cineuropa'' declared the film a "dazzling and powerful directorial debut", that "manages to go beyond the usual documentary to reflect the beauty and pain that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
This Excessive Ambition
''This Excessive Ambition'' () is a 2023 Spanish documentary film directed by Santos Bacana, Cristina Trenas, and Rogelio González. It stars C. Tangana. Plot The film explores the creative process behind the ''El Madrileño'' album by C. Tangana aka Pucho aka Antón Álvarez Alfaro and the backstage of the ''Sin cantar ni afinar'' world tour. Production The film is a Little Spain production. Release The film had its world premiere in the 'Velodrome' section of the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival on 28 September 2023. Distributed by Avalon, it was released theatrically in Spain on 26 October 2023. It also screened as the opening film of the 39th Guadalajara International Film Festival on 7 June 2024. Reception Àlex Montoya of ''Fotogramas'' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, writing that the "narrative and visual proposal is a triumph". Luis M. Maínez of ''Mondo Sonoro'' gave the film 8 out of 10 points, considering the result to be "a truly entertainin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
UK Music Video Awards
The UK Music Video Awards is an annual celebration of creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ... and moving image for music. The awards began in 2008. There is a wide range of opportunities for UK individuals and companies to enter their work: from genre-led video categories, to prizes for individuals in the technical and craft areas of the business, to recognition for innovative approaches to music videos, ads and other visuals. There are also awards for international videos and outstanding individuals, voted for by the MVA jury members. The Awards take place in the autumn, with the entry process opening in early August. The UK MVA’s are originally the key members of the team behind BUG, the BFI Southbank’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
