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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Folk]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[A band from Arbeca prepares a transhumance of concerts to the Pyrenees]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/09b3a8cf-b72a-49be-9f71-7c2bbf00baf8_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The Arbeca-based punk-folk band <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pork.chop.boys/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Pork Chop Boys</a> has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring <a href="https://www.goteo.org/project/trans-in-humancia" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">a crowdfunding campaign</a> to life, <em>Trans(in)humància</em>, a 190-kilometer itinerant cultural project. The band members will undertake this journey on foot in the fall, from their hometown to the Shepherds' School in Enviny (Pallars Sobirà), following ancient transhumance routes and performing concerts at each stage of the journey. For ten days, the group will walk accompanied by three horses and a donkey that will carry the necessary equipment for the route.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Albert González Farran]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 May 2026 23:00:32 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The Pork Chop Boys will do ten concerts in squares, corrals and community spaces until they reach the Shepherd School of Pallars]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Urbàlia Rurana, 35 years of Valencian and Mediterranean folk music]]></title>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:01:27 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The band puts the finishing touch on its birthday with a concert at the Palau de Les Arts in Valencia]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[I don't mind failing again because I've already succeeded.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/7c9749cd-6145-418d-bb0b-cd17f4523871_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>A musician from Lleida and, above all, a fighter. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@johnjohngrassonet" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Joan Mesegué</a> He's now 55, lives with his partner by the Utxesa reservoir, and is starting a new life. Since his twenties, he's teetered between life and death, art and madness, the deepest depressions and the most creative bursts of clarity, traveling all over Europe and returning home in frustration… Diagnosed with bipolar disorder and recently brought under control with medication, he's embarking on a tour of pubs and record labels, performing some of his new songs.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Albert González Farran]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 27 Jan 2026 23:59:56 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Musician with bipolar disorder]]></subtitle>
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