Benito Lertxundi
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Benito Lertxundi is a Basque singer-songwriter born in Orio
in 1942 (Spain
). He is an acclaimed and veteran figure in Basque music
, who spearheaded with other key figures its revival in the 1960s and following years, showing an especial commitment to Basque
culture and matters in general.
Orio
Orio is a fishing town located in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, northern Spain, with the town nucleus lying on the river Oria, roughly one mile away from its mouth by the Bay of Biscay....
in 1942 (Spain
Spain
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). He is an acclaimed and veteran figure in Basque music
Basque music
The strict classification of Basque music remains a controversial issue, complicated in part by the growing diversification of such music, but by and large it is made in the Basque Country, it reflects traits related to that society/tradition and it is devised by people from the Basque...
, who spearheaded with other key figures its revival in the 1960s and following years, showing an especial commitment to Basque
Basque people
The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...
culture and matters in general.
Discography
- Euskal kanta berria (1969)
- Ez dok hamahiru (1971)
- Oro laño mee batek (1974)
- ...Eta maita herria, üken dezadan plazera (1975)
- Zuberoa / Askatasunaren semeei (1977)
- Altabizkar / Itzazuko bardoari (1981)
- Gaueko ele ixilen balada (1985)
- Mauleko bidean (1987)
- Pazko gaierdi ondua (1989)
- Hunkidura kuttunak I (1993)
- Hunkidura kuttunak II (1993)
- Hitaz oroit (1996)
- Auhen sinfonikoa (1998)
- Nere ekialdean (2002)
- Berrogei urtez ikasten egonak (2004)
- Itsas ulu zolia (2008)