Introspección, serenidad y misterio Hoxa Sound Haar over Hamnavoe , Bill Ryder-Jones Rework Maalie over Marwick Head St. Magnus of Hamnavoe - Daniel Pioro Rework Mallimack - Hayden Thorpe Rework Erland Cooper Holm (Variations & B-sides) Amoris Multicolor Fireflies ClarOscuro Rose, con Mina Esya Bruno Sanfilippo Pianette 2 Lautadako Valsa Pause Ò Ch…

Spain's central bank is the Banco de España, and its archives contain decades of information about its branches, its buildings and its employees. And many of the documents, from the last quarter of the nineteenth century onwards, contain photographs. The archivists at the Banco de España have spent recent years cataloguing all the photographs found…

El Barrio de las letras is Madrid's literary district, full of history and paved with words of great Spanish authors... Literally. Felicity Hughes, writer for the new Lonely Planet Madrid tour guides, has just written a book all about the neighbourhood explaining its history and its authors. She joins us in the studio, along with David Price, Engli…

Esta semana, en Islas de Robinson, suenan: CARDELINA - "LA IMAGINACIÓN AL PODER" ("FLOR DE BEREZO", 2023) / ADRIANNE LENKER - "CANDLEFLAME" ("BRIGHT FUTURE", 2024) / NAIMA BOCK - "TOLL" ("GIANT PALM", 2022) / SAM GRASSIE - "PUT THE BLOOD" ("SANDWOOD", 2024) / DAISY RICKMAN - "FALLING THROUGH THE RISING SUN" ("HOWL", 2024) / MARLENE RIBEIRO - "FOREV…

En el programa de hoy algunos nombres de clásicos de Músicas Posibles con intereses artísticos que les llevan más allá de la música. Horário de Verão Adriana Calcanhotto Errante Pelea Zenet Pelea Testigo + Se se se se Sylvia Meyer Se Se Se Se Muchacha Emilia y Pablo Muchacha Basan Olatz Salvador Basan Boza barruan Jabier Muguruza Lagun batek esan d…

This year, eighteen masterpieces from the Prado Museum's collection will be seen in museums in different regions all around Spain. Works from painters such as Murillo, Velázquez, Rubens and el Greco. In today's broadcast we talk to the Prado Museum's Manager of Preservation, Víctor Cajeao, to learn more about this project, which has the support of …

In Andalucía, the southern-most region of Spain, the city of Seville has come alive for the springtime Feria de Abril, the April Fair. This week-long celebration with medieval roots begins every year soon after Holy Week and is one of the the biggest event of the year for Seville-natives. Sevillanas, flamenco, casetas, bullfighting, horse-drawn car…

A few weeks ago a Spanish judge ordered the closing of Telegram in Spain, an instant messagging platform with more than 8 million users in the country. This decision came after a complaint from media organizations Mediaset, Atresmedia and Movistar Plus, accusing the platforms of allowing users to share copyrighted content. The order sparked a wave …

Esta semana, en Islas de Robinson, volvemos a recibir a nuestros nuevos colaboradores Pablo Solo, Fernando Bolado, Moisés Rubin e Iñigo Pilatti, músicos reputados de gusto exquisito que buscan explorar una nueva senda radiofónica. Un lujo sólo a nuestro alcance. A esta aventura le daremos a partir de ahora el nombre de "La hora de Pilatti". En esta…

Finlandia, España, Uruguay. Artistas únicos interpretando temas propios, prestados de la tradición grecolatina o latinoamericana, o imaginando nuevos repertorios para el futuro. La llama Anna Murtola, Hildá Länsman,Venla Ilona Blo Fuego por dentro - The Fire Within La Nana Elisa Prenda, María José Llergo Alauda 29 de Gener Magalí Datzira, Kris Tena…

"Tourists go home", graffitis with these words were found in the walls of the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. But what some British media have called a "war against the Brits" is not a rejection to tourism but the defense of biodiversity and decent living conditions for locals. According to the Canarian government, in 2023, the islands r…

April 10th is the International Day of Science and Technology, a day established by the general conference of UNESCO to highlight the value of scientific and technological advances. This date also honours Doctor Bernardo Houssay, the first Latin American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1947 for his discoveries in Physiology and Medicin…

Today we'll be talking about The Art of Manga. Manga, for those who don't know, are Japanese graphic novels, and anime is Japanese animation in the same style. This year, the anime film The Boy and the Heron won best animated film at the Oscars, and anime series and films are growing more and more popular outside of Japan... as are the manga they a…

Esta semana, en Islas de Robinson, viñetas musicales en movimiento; cinemática de bruma psicodélica, aventura y experimentación; bonhomía, genialidad y puro juego. Clásicos entre 1967 y 1969. Suenan: BIFF ROSE - "FILL YOUR HEART" ("THE THORN IN MRS. ROSE'S SIDE", 1968) / RUTHANN FRIEDMAN - "HIGH COIN" ("WINDY. A RUTHANN FRIEDMAN SONGBOOK", 2013-196…

Guitarras y otras hierbas en este ramillete de Guitarrica de la Fuente, Maria Bethânia, Luis Eduardo Aute, Mío Corvo, Lucas Santtana y Flore Benguigui, Ana Moura, Pedro Luis Ferrer, Nancy Vieira y Remna, MARO, Pierre Kwenders, Piers Faccini y Blick Bassy o Kevin Johansen con su hija Wiranda. Canciones-rebozo para escuchar en primavera, cuando el so…

April 7th is World Health Day, a day sponsored by the World Health Organization to draw attention about health and raise awareneess abour certain health-related issues. This year's theme is "My health, my right" which aims to "champion the right of everyone, everywhere to have access to quality health services, education, and information" and promo…

It has been 85 years since the end of the Spanish Civil War and the beginning of the Francoist dictatorship. The war between the Republicans and the Nationalists took place between the year 1936 and 1939 and marked a dark period in the history of Spain. And even today, Spanish society continues to suffer the consequences of this conflict. Despite t…

The word engineer has its origin in the latin "ingenium", a word associated with the mental capacity to develop and design new things. Any person who has the will to innovate and create something could be an engineer, regardless of their gender. Still, we find that women are a minority in the engineering field, in fact, according to data from the S…

Esta semana, en Islas de Robinson, nos acordamos con todo cariño del añorado Rafael Berrio, lo hacemos, además, emparejando algunas de sus canciones con las de su amigo, admirador y continuador a su manera, Juamba D'Estroso, Lõbisón. Suenan: RAFAEL BERRIO - "NIÑO FUTURO" ("NIÑO FUTURO", 2019) / LÕBISON - "ESTANCIA DESASTRE" ("ENEMIGO DE LO AUTÉNTIC…

Composiciones con cualidades narrativas, que nos cuentan historias únicas. De Lang Lang y la magia de Debussy, a Julian Lage y su música "íntima en el tono y amplia en la intención". Un jazz-gospel-blues-rural, que continuamos con las evocadoras composiciones de otros guitarristas, como Salinas, Amaia Miranda o Carlos Coronado. I. En bateau (Andant…

On today's broadcast we retrieve a special program from our archives. Written by Jesus Carreras and translated to English by our colleague Alison Hughes, this broadcast tells us about how Holy Week is celebrated in the regions of Spain. Escuchar audio

It's Easter Week, celebrated in Spain as Semana Santa or 'Holy Week', and processions with hundreds of years of history parade the streets all over the country. In today's broadcast, we'll be focusing on one aspect of these parades. The nazarenos (or the penintents) don hoods eerily similar to those of the Ku Klux Klan, and every year, Spanish peop…

Recently, the European Parliament approved the first regulation on artificial intelligence, which establishes some requirements and obligations for AI platforms that operate in the European Union. This law is part of the EU digital strategy and aims to ensure better condition for the development and use of this technology while protecting fundament…

Esta semana, en Islas de Robinson, actualidad en clave Folk-Rock y tradición americana, con una fabulosa colección de discos recientes y preciosas voces que nos están haciendo disfrutar de estas coordenadas como hacía tiempo que no lo hacíamos. Cruce de "Americana-alternativa" y pop que tanto se presta a la reflexión y otras profundidades. También …

Voces femeninas emotivas y delicadas, melodías etéreas y fusiones innovadoras, diversidad también de géneros musicales en encuentros que multiplican los colores del programa de hoy. bouquet Ichiko Aoba amuletum bouquet Parfum d'étoiles + Dawn in the Adan Ichiko Aoba Windswept Adan Será mejor Amaia Miranda Será mejor Wooden Chair con Salvador Sobral…

We are slowly approaching the end of the month of March and there are two dates that we could not miss. On the 21st of March we celebrated World Poetry Day, a date that was declared by UNESCO in the year 1999, to "celebrate one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity." And next week, on the 27th of Marc…

Spain's social and political issues might sometimes be difficult to understand for a foreign audience and sometimes even for Spaniards... Separatism, nationalism, polarisation are some of the concepts that have been making headlines in the last years. English journalist and writer, Michael Reid, provides some context about these issues in his book …

In 2022, the Spanish Council of Ministers declared the 17th of March as Comic Book Day, a measure to promote the sector and recognize its social and cultural value and importance. This date was chosen to commemorate the first publication of the legendary comic magazine, TBO, back in 1917 and which became so popular that people started using the wor…

Broadcast radio is the most popular source of in-car entertainment, with 70% of the content listened to in cars being radio but the car industry is slowly moving towards radio-less cars. New electric vehicles manufactured by BMW, Porsche, Audi, Volvo and Tesla have all dropped AM radio. In the face of this, UNESCO and broadcast organizations recent…

Esta semana, en Islas de Robinson, recibimos a Pablo Solo, Fernando Bolado, Moisés Rubín e Iñigo Pilatti. Ellos se encargan de la selección musical, deuda pendiente que nos quedó de su anterior visita. Hacía tiempo que no lo pasábamos tan bien. De hecho, hay acuerdo de colaboración cerrado. Por cierto, no se los pierdan en directo; el próximo sábad…

Con las sesiones de grabación que se registraron al encontrarse en Nueva York Maurice el Medioni y Roberto Rodríguez comenzamos hoy un programa de vuelos orientales y mediterráneos, pero no solo. Javier Paxariño, Dimitri Psonis, Eduardo Laguillo y su Perihelión; Tigrane Kazazian; Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble; Daniele Sepe; Radio Tarifa …

Before becoming the most popular novelist in the 19th century, Charles Dickens was a prolific journalist, a profession that he continued until his final days. He published more than 4 hundred articles, in very varied genres: satire, melodrama, opinion, essay... Now a new book aims to bring this journalistic legacy closer to the Spanish-speaking pub…