Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Bunbury was one of the inductees Thursday at the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame (LSHOF) in the United States, where he told EFE that he assumes himself as a Latino artist and that musicians are dedicated “to unite” and that he doesn’t give a damn about politics.
“I believe that those of us who make music are dedicated to uniting cultures, to uniting cultures, to bringing us closer to our own and other cultures, and that I don’t give a damn about anything that happens on a political level,” Bunbury said when questioned about the meaning of recognition in the current context in the United States.
Bunbury was inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Miami because, according to its directors, “he has redefined the course of Latin rock with his innovative proposals”.
The 58-year-old composer, born in the Spanish city of Zaragoza, identified himself as a Latin musician: “Well, that’s what I am”.
Enrique Bunbury shares the recognition
The Spaniard shared the honors with Colombian composer Andrés Castro, Cuban Jorge Luis Piloto, Mexican Mónica Vélez and, posthumously, the late Argentine pianist, composer and conductor Lalo Schifrin.
The Aragonese confessed that he would receive the recognition “with humility and joy too, but knowing that there are others who deserve it very much”.
“I, obviously, could not even dream of this kind of recognition, nor do I consider myself the right person to receive it. I think there are so many artists who moved me, who were the ones who led me to write songs that are not inducted and who deserve it more than me,” he said.
Author of hits such as ‘Parecemos tontos’ and ‘De mayor’, and interpreter of ‘Frente a frente’ and ‘Aunque no sea conmigo’, Bunbury has made this year his ‘Huracán Ambulante Tour’, in which he reviews a portion of his solo career and also recovers what was his band from the end of the last millennium until 2005.
In addition, he said that “what is coming is another new album” that he is “finishing” and that he will “present right away”.
“It’s a very Hispanic album, very Latin, with traditional rhythms and with an approach and a perspective, let’s say, closer to my character and my way of seeing music,” he said, reported Agencia EFE.
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