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Nacho Baños: His Guitar is Laughing not Weeping.

Nacho Baños: His Guitar is Laughing not Weeping.

A small shop in Russafa connects music lovers in the USA with those in Spain and all over Europe.   The Fender Telecaster was Developer by Leo Fender in Fullerton,…

Diablito Tango: Valencian Living Music

Diablito Tango: Valencian Living Music

Valencia’s Opera Orchestra has many hidden talents, including the multinational group Diablito Tango, Made in Valencia. It could only happen in Valencia; a French cellist of Algerian origin, an America…

Polen is in the Air

Polen is in the Air

The launching of the second volume of POLEN took place in FUTURAMA on September 20th. The fanzine POLEN was successfully launched at FUTURAMA Comics store. The turnout of friends and…

River Deep, Wedding High

River Deep, Wedding High

Do you remember the Tina Turner song: “Do I love you, my oh my River Deep, Mountain High?” Perhaps that’s what Roca was humming to himself when he planned his…

A Message of Peace from LA to Valencia

A Message of Peace from LA to Valencia

A message from Alfonso G. Rodenas, the Valencian sound engineer who has won two Grammy awards and now lives and works in Los Angeles, USA. Dear friends and family: I…

Zen Metro: Calatrava Raises the Bar

Zen Metro: Calatrava Raises the Bar

Valencia’s second most prestigious, international architect (Rafael Guastavino comes first), Santiago Calatrava has done it again. This wholly original genius, whose emblematic City of Arts and Sciences in the old…

Is Valencia the Garden of Eden?

Is Valencia the Garden of Eden?

Valencia certainly has a certain je ne sais quois, and can quite easily portray France better than France itself. Newcastle-born director John Irvin found Valencia’s historic centre irresistible to show…

Marion Wesson: Three years without a car

Marion Wesson: Three years without a car

Valencia is a city that attracts people from all over the world. One person who likes our way of life is attracted to what we haven’t got; an obsession with…

Valencia: lots of Fiesta, not much Siesta

Valencia: lots of Fiesta, not much Siesta

It’s official; the Valencia Community is the place in Spain where people most like to party! Of course a party is not a festival, and it shouldn’t be confused either…

Buñol Exports Culture to the USA

Buñol Exports Culture to the USA

‘The Great Bull Run and Tomato Royale’ is the name given by the good citizens of Richmond, Virginia to a festival that is being celebrated for the first time, and…