MORAU Errepaso

At least, we’ve come this far.

In a vein similar to that of great creators like Jonathan Richman or Billy Bragg, Andoni Tolosa “Morau” has always shown an extraordinary ability to combine emotion and literary elegance in small musical vignettes full of charming local color. Since recording a couple of demos in the early 1990s and embarking on a tour of bars and small venues with Xabier Montoia (M-ak, Hertzainak), he has gifted us with an extensive discography full of true gems.

His first two albums, “Morau” (Gaztelupeko Hotsak, 1996) and the acoustic EP “Kantu galduak” (Gaztelupeko Hotsak, 1998), established a mold of a warm and intimate, yet socially engaged, balance between lyrics and music, a mold he has only continued to expand and enrich thanks to various collaborators over the years. Thus, in “Amodio Domestikoak,” “Txukalda,” “Kalamidadiak,” and the later self-produced “Arrainentzako Himnoak” and “Egunsentiak Alferrentzat,” we find musicians of the caliber of Joseba Tapia, Ñaco Goñi, Petti, Joxi Ubeda, Beñardo Goietxe, Maite Arroitajauregi, and Jose Afonso. Behind the apparent simplicity of their songs, they have subtly incorporated elements of folk, power pop, country, and bossa nova with wonderful fluidity, and “Ardo” (wine) strikes us as a perfect distillation of all that wisdom.

Lately, the superb guitarist from Bera, Beñardo Goietxe (Noise Hole, Mugalariak…), has been their regular accompanist, both in their live performances and on the recordings they have made as a duo.

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