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Manu Chao is a French Latin folk singer with French and Spanish (Basque/Galician) origin. Manu Chao was a well-known member of the Parisian alternative music scene, in bands such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos. In 1987, Chao, his brother Antoine Chao and their cousin Santiago Casariego founded the band Mano Negra. Mano Negra met with success in France first with the hit single Mala Vida, then toured South America. The band split in 1995. |
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Latest News in english
about Manu Chao
'Baionarena' by Manu Chao brings the world to your door Date: 17 Dec 2009
The Star-Ledger -
Baionarena Manu Chao (2-CD/DVD set, Nacional) Though he is a musician who strives to keep it real, Manu Chao often seems to be a fictional character himself. A sort of musical Peter Pan, he is the quintessential star for a...
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Manu Chao: Baionarena Date: 17 Dec 2009
Creative Loafing Atlanta -
Radio Bemba/Because Music/Nacional Records... By Alejandro A. Leal Filmed in a packed bullring in the southern French city of Bayonne, deep in Basque country near the Spanish border, this live double-album and DVD captures the essence of the former Mano Negra frontman's colorful career as an artist. Born in Paris to Spanish parents, he has emerged as a modern-day populist troubadour, channeling ...
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The Sound and the Fury: James McMurtry, Nirvana, and Manu Chao Date: 18 Nov 2009
San Antonio Current -
If you like your rootsy rock and roll straight, go see Austin-based singer-songwriter James McMurtry ’s set Friday at Sam’s Burger Joint (330 E Grayson St., $10-$15, 9 pm).
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Tu opinión manda. Date: 27 Oct 2009
Noticieros Televisa -
El cantante francoespañol Manu Chao cantó al Che Guevara el viernes ante unos 5,000 jóvenes congregados en la escalinata de la Universidad de La Habana, muchos de los cuales vestían camisetas con la imagen del revolucionario.
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Orixa (SF Weekly)
Date: 21 Oct 2009
In the mid-'90s, it looked as though the exploding Latin demographic in the U.S. meant the rock en Espanol genre would storm the pop charts. That didn't happen, though it did make cocktail party fixtures out of Café Tacuba and Manu Chao. Locally, the best purveyor of the style was Orixa...
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French rocker to play Che memorial concerts in Cuba Date: 10 Oct 2009
Yahoo.com -
French alt-rock artist Manu Chao is in Cuba to play two concerts marking the 42nd anniversary of the assassination in Bolivia of Cuban-Argentine revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara.
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¿Artista apolítico? Nah... Date: 09 Oct 2009
El Nuevo Herald -
En el 2001, en un bar de La Laguna, una ciudad de la isla canaria de Tenerife --que completa su nombre como San Cristóbal de La Laguna y a la que quizá por ello siempre imaginé en vecindad espiritual con La Habana, que tiene el mismo santo patrón-- los parroquianos que esa noche llenaban el bar coreaban el tema de moda del cantante francés Manu Chao, Me gustas tú, de su disco Próxima estación ...
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Manu Chao To Play Che Guevara Memorial Concerts In Cuba Date: 09 Oct 2009
Billboard -
French alt-rock artist Manu Chao is in Cuba to play two concerts marking the 42nd anniversary of the assassination in Bolivia of Cuban-Argentine Revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara on Oct. 9, 1967.
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