Girona has once again become the capital of Catalan music with the celebration of the XXVIII Enderrock Awards. The gala, presented with great ease by communicators Alba Riera and Andreu Juanola, has been, once again, a great showcase of the country's musical scene, with numerous live premieres and a review of the year's great milestones.

"It's been a big surprise," he says. Artur Blasco (Barcelona, ​​1933) before ordering a carajillo (a coffee with anise liqueur) at the Laie bookstore café in Barcelona. The surprise is the Enderrock Honorary Award, which he will receive this Thursday in Girona. "I'm very happy, because an award like this paves the way for those of us with projects," says the founder of the Meeting with the Accordionists of the Pyrenees in Arsèguel (Alt Urgell) in 1976. Because yes, because at 92 years old, Blasco, "the most outstanding researcher and popularizer of the folk music of the Catalan Pyrenees", as the magazine confirms EnderrockThe hero behind the revival of the diatonic accordion still has projects in the works. For example, the twelfth volume ofOn foot along the paths of the songbookwhich is "about to go to print" and a concert with accordionist Cati Plana at the Tradicionàrius Artisan Center on April 17. All the fieldwork for the songbook began in 1965 in the Pyrenees and is "digitized and stored for public consultation" at the Department of Culture of the Generalitat. "There are 1,535 songs, from 417 singers and informants, from 244 villages," he explains while stirring his coffee.

Ginestà leads the ranking of finalists in the 2026 Enderrock Awards with three nominations. They are followed by Alondra, Buhos, Higo Flawas, La Fúmiga, Oques Grasses, and The Tyets, with two nominations each. The remaining finalists, some thirty candidates, are nominated in one category. The awards organizers state that the fact that there are nearly forty nominated bands demonstrates "the diversity and richness" of the current scene. The awards will be presented at a two-part gala on March 25 and 26 at the Auditori de Girona, in a ceremony that will also recognize Artur Blasco, Silvia Pérez Cruz, Josep Carreras, Ignacio Terraza, Raquel García, Sopa de Cabra, Lax'n'Busto, and Lluís Cabot with special awards.

A big party for Catalan music at the Auditori Girona, this Thursday, March 6, at the 27th edition of the Enderrock Awards, which, as every year, have awarded the most outstanding artists in the country's music industry. Oques Grasses, with four awards, Figa Flawas, with three, and Mushkaa, with two, have been the big winners of the night, in a gala presented by Alba Riera and Andreu Juanola that has brought together professionals from the sector, authorities, influencers and journalists.