From the Coast
Opinion articles by Itxu Díaz.
The girl of the wind and the moon
11 October, 2022 | Itxu Diaz
Leticia Rey sings with her hands, with her eyes, she caresses each word, she shapes the notes when she whispers or when she touches the sky with her voice, and she lets stanzas fly over the waves of subtlety of her guitar.Read More
A night of rain and songs
16 August, 2022 | Itxu Diaz
Lugo. A curtain of rain, the ground shining with ochre sparkles, and a multicoloured forest of umbrellas. A couple in their fifties, not separating themselves a millimetre from each other, their gaze fixed on the still empty stage, crowned … Read More
Both thinking about the same thing
14 August, 2022 | Itxu Diaz
The sun was in a hurry to leave behind the horizon. A pink light on the white sand of Gandarío, and the sea silent, calm and expectant. Everything last night was a suspense, a hope of communion, a longing for … Read More
Poti in Chaston
13 June, 2022 | Itxu Diaz The 90s were difficult. At the very least, they didn't have the potential of the 80s to break the mould, people with more or less talent had already died or were about to fold the napkin, and the electronic music of Carrefour was… Read More
The night without Chanel
15 May, 2022 | Itxu Diaz She has a cat bigger than her boyfriend, who wears an oversized basketball jersey but it's too small for him. I watch them ignore each other through the window, like two rusty links. She strokes the cat with Rosalía's nails, rolls her thumb… Read More
Rafa Almarcha's balm
15 December, 2021 | Itxu Diaz
A tear with In 53Maybe because I'm the child who left. Or because I'll soon be the one who sees him go. Of course, it's Rafa Almarcha, lulling hearts since 1968. A new sun has been born, his new album… Read More
The universe of Dani Royo
11 November, 2021 | Itxu Diaz
I thought then that Dani Royo is a place. His live performance is the entrance to a different world. Read More
The last Marcos
19 July, 2021 | Itxu Diaz
It was a summer night in Ferrol. Very dark and full of colorful lanterns. You don't know until you live it. Days of listening to La Unión, Los Secretos, La Frontera live. Hot in the sun, cold in the … Read More
The admiration
25 March, 2021 | Itxu Diaz
There are people who don't need to see each other. They have shared so much that it's enough for them to look at each other, no matter how much time has passed, to understand each other. There are people who don't need to tell each other how much they love each other. You can find a thousand reasons... Read More
Drinking the winds for the pretty girl
6 November, 2020 | Itxu Diaz
And all you ask of an album is that it steal your heart, like a love at fifteen. That it lasts forever. That it makes beauty exist. That it never dies. That it opens your eyes to … Read More
