Cape Creus and the Bay of Biscay mark the limits of the Pyrenees, a geographical and cultural space that will be the central focus of the 39th edition of Tradicionàrius, the folk festival centered in Barcelona's Gràcia district. The artistic direction, shared by Anaís Falcó, Manu Sabater, and Andrea Moliner since last year, brings the mountains to the city—mountains that dance to different rhythms and in different languages across the Basque Country, Occitania, Aragon, and Catalonia. Until March 27th, they have programmed around fifty activities, a fine lineup with a Pyrenean theme, including this Friday's opening with a parade and concert at the Tradicionàrius Artisan Center (CAT), a celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the Folk Performers' Camps.

It is not just any album, but a new cultural miracle of category by Maria Bertomeu (Oliva, 1998), Maria, one of the most notable voices of the Catalan Countries. The Valencian singer publishes Robina (Propaganda for the Fact, 2025), a conceptual album about the cycle of emotional breakage, emptiness and the possibility of recovery, divided into three chapters: Breakup, Emptiness and Falling in Love. All of this, a dozen of their own compositions that amplify the goals of The assumption (2023) and reach new ones, linking traditional structures and an instrumental richness displayed without saturation and always at the service of the emotion that she wants to transmit. In addition, María expresses herself through an understanding song, rooted in the naturalness of the popular song and touched by a lyricism fruit of a prodigious command of the voice free of effects. Pay attention, then, to the live presentation of Robina, on March 21st at the Centro Artesano Tradicionàrius in Barcelona.