MARK TURNER wallows in the virtuosity of Swansea Jazz Festival openers, Simon Spillett and Pete Long
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Global Routes with TONY BURKE: January 3, 2023
Rosalía and Raul Refree perform flamencos in the Cuna Verde Park in Madrid
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PAUL DONOVAN recommends three new books that explore the human relationship with nature
Doomed adolescents, when the missing person is you, classic whodunnit, and an anti-capitalist eco-thriller
WILL STONE takes a ticket to indie disco heaven, but misses the rarely performed tunes
Reviews of new releases by Jens Lekman, Big Thief, and Christian McBride Big Band
TOM PIERSCIONEK recommends a remarkable series of interviews with those few and brave Israeli citizens who refuse to do military service
BARCELONA-based Raul Refree (aka Refree) is a Spanish musician, record producer and composer whose credits stretch back to 1996 when he joined the hardcore group the Barcelona Corn Flakes, cutting the album Menage with them in 1997.
He began his solo project Refree with the album Quitamiedos, followed by a further eight solo releases.
He has produced soundtracks for film and TV documentaries and his productions combine experimental rock, flamenco, traditional Iberian music (sevillanas) and jazz and he interprets his compositions in Catalan and Spanish.
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