Mariona Escoda and Sergio Dalma, performing habaneras with the group Arjau

Palafrugell"An album with a traditional repertoire of habaneras, with our latest releases recorded for the first time," explains singer Jordi Grau about the album. Organic, which the habanera group Arjau has just released. The album is a dazzling development because it features two guest artists, Mariona Escoda and Sergio Dalma, with whom Arjau hopes to spread the love of habaneras to a wide audience, especially young people. Arjau formed twenty-eight years ago, and believes that the release of this album consolidates its long career.

As part of the eleventh habanera and bolero singing festival in San Antonio de Calonge, held on July 19, the group Arjau presented the album, featuring fourteen pieces, which they composed accompanied by guitarist Carlos Coronado. For singer Jordi Grau, Sergio Dalma, and Mariona Escoda, these are "luxurious collaborations that can help universalize the habanera so that it can reach new audiences." The song sung by Sergio Dalma is titled Find me in the Empordà, and the one they do with Mariona Escoda, To the earThe album is completed with Memories, Pretty seagull, In a forest in the Indies, Gina, In the afternoon, The calm of the sea, The memory of water, Looking for the tune, Calella, Lola, Dressed for the night and Habaneras from Cadiz.

The group describes the album as "natural", a word they use to explain what they are like, "without makeup, and hence the word organic which gives title to the sixth album." The album features essential songs from the genre's traditional repertoire, combined with the latest releases of their own work, which represents a change in the group's history.

Organic This is the sixth album by the Palafrugell-based group Arjau. They recorded it with Japan Records in Calonge last winter, and it's being released by Música Global Discográfica.